Man dies after truck is submerged in East River
NAVARRE — As darkness fell on a cold and rainy night just north of Navarre Beach, a Ford pickup truck with a man’s body inside was retrieved from the bottom of the East River. Rescue workers,...
View ArticleCouple arguing via text in same house take it to the real world
NICEVILLE – A woman who argued with her husband via text messages traded the virtual for the real world when she kicked open his bedroom door and walloped him, lawmen say. On Jan. 7 the two began a...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Students celebrate Fat Tuesday
Decked out in their Mardi Gras best, pre-k students at St. Mary's School paraded around the school grounds throwing bead and treats to older students while middle school band students played New...
View ArticleBoy's postcard mailed in 1967 turns up in Oklahoma
PAULS VALLEY, Okla. (AP) — It may have taken 46 years, but one boy's postcard has made it home to Mom. Bert Jacobson sent the postcard to his mother in Pauls Valley, Okla., in January 1967, when he...
View ArticlePhilippine town mourns largest captive crocodile
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A remote southern Philippine town has gone into mourning over the death of the world's largest saltwater crocodile in captivity, even though it was suspected of killing...
View ArticleTDC members sound off on state subpoenas (VIDEO)
Okaloosa County Commissioner Wayne Harris has hired a Tallahassee attorney to represent him before the state’s Joint Legislative Auditing Committee next week. The Auditing Committee voted Monday to...
View ArticleMan who drove truck into East River identified
NAVARRE — A man who drove his pickup truck into the East Bay River on Monday and died has been identified as Justin Raye Diel, 39, of Navarre, according to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office....
View ArticleFWB approves development agreement for Landmark Center
FORT WALTON BEACH — The City Council voted 5-0 Tuesday to approve the development agreement for the long-awaited Landmark Center. Councilmen John Mead and Bobby Griggs abstained because of conflicts...
View ArticleWork to close lanes on I-10, U.S. 90
CRESTVIEW - Westbound traffic on Interstate 10 will be restricted to one lane from 7 a.m. to noon Thursday just west of the Wilkerson Bluff overpass while crews replace a guardrail, the state...
View ArticleObama: Nation stronger, GOP should back his plans
WASHINGTON (AP) — Uncompromising and politically emboldened, President Barack Obama urged a deeply divided Congress Tuesday night to embrace his plans to use government money to create jobs and...
View ArticleMan charged with murder of missing couple
The Walton County Sheriff’s Office arrested Barry Davis on Wednesday morning and charged him with killing John Hughes and Heidi Rhodes, a couple that have been missing since May 7, 2012. At a press...
View ArticleFlorida man accused of faking black mamba snakebite
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Federal prosecutors say a man on trial in Georgia was seeking to become famous as someone who survived a deadly bite from a black mamba -- but they say the story was a hoax. John K....
View ArticleGator rescued from stormwater drain
MERRITT ISLAND — Wildlife officials removed an alligator from a stormwater pipe in a Merritt Island neighborhood Florida Today (http://on.flatoday.com/X4mcrM ) reports officers from the Florida Fish...
View ArticleRubio's swig of water during State of Union response lights up twitter
WASHINGTON — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's Republican response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address included an impromptu water break to quench his thirst. Rubio appeared to wipe away...
View ArticleFire causes $60,000 in damages (PHOTOS)
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — Officials are investigating a house fire in the Woodlawn area Wednesday morning fire that caused an estimated $60,000 in damage. View a photogallery >> Chief Brian Coley with...
View ArticleMan gets life for attempted murder of ex-wife
FORT WALTON BEACH — An Alabama man was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for trying to kill his ex-wife in September 2010. Okaloosa County Circuit Judge John T. Brown sentenced Michael L. Crump, 55,...
View ArticleLessons on love from local sweethearts (GALLERY)
EDITOR'S NOTE: On this Valentine’s Day we bring you the stories of four pairs of “sweethearts” whose love has stood the test of time and trials. We hope you are as touched by their stories as we were....
View ArticleShelley the tortoise gives rehab center a homey touch (GALLERY, VIDEO)
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — Mary Hall refused to get out of bed the first few days she was at Chautauqua Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. But when she heard about the center’s unusual pet, she found herself...
View ArticleSearch for missing woman continues
A $10,000 reward is being offered for information to help find Marie Jane Carlson, a Fort Walton Beach woman who has been missing since October 2011, according the Florida Department of Law...
View ArticleHalfhill to be new Walton County administrator
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — Walton County commissioners have agreed to hire Robert Halfhill as their new county administrator. “I appreciate the confidence the commission has placed in me and I’m ready to go...
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