Annual ACT-SO competition set for Saturday
NICEVILLE — Local high school students will showcase their talents and get encouragement for future endeavors Saturday during an annual competition. About 60 students will gather at Northwest Florida...
View ArticleStudent found with marijuana at Walton Academy
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS - A student at Walton Academy faces charges after a school resource officer discovered the student had brought marijuana to school. The Walton County sheriff’s deputy began looking...
View ArticleHouse approves bill to speed up capital punishment
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida House on Thursday passed a bill that would speed up the state's capital punishment process. The House passed the Timely Justice Act of 2013 (HB 7083) by a vote of...
View ArticleNew TDC members get an earful about their duties
OKALOOSA ISLAND — The newly appointed Okaloosa County Tourist Development Council held its first meeting Thursday, focusing on a renewed commitment to transparency and rigorous attention to state law....
View ArticleU.S. 98 panel has new plan to ease congestion
DESTIN — The Northwest Florida Transportation Corridor Authority approved its seventh, and possibly last, master plan Thursday to help ease traffic congestion on U.S. Highway 98. Its goals in 2013 are...
View ArticleCombat Talon Is take a final bow (GALLERY)
DUKE FIELD — A reflective Roland Guidry leaned against the interior wall in the cockpit of a Combat Talon I aircraft. The plane the retired Air Force colonel was crouching in — the same plane he’d...
View ArticleWinners of the Finest on the Emerald Coast contest show off their talents...
DESTIN — The line to Jim ‘N Nick‘s Bar-B-Q booth was steady and long Thursday night, but those who braved it were rewarded with a full sampler plate that included ribs and a roll. As the three-time...
View ArticleDespite crack, man vows he's not a crack user
FORT WALTON BEACH – A Crestview man was arrested on drug charges after an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputy spotted him leaving a food mart and knew he had active warrants out for his arrest. On April...
View ArticleWhen 'Mommy hit Daddy'
SHALIMAR – A woman who called 911 ended up being arrested herself after an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputy determined she had been the aggressor in a domestic violence incident. According to an...
View ArticleShalimar officer rear ended while patrolling Eglin construction
A Shalimar police officer suffered minor injuries Thursday night when his vehicle was rear-ended on Eglin Parkway. Sgt. Steve Shadwell’s 2005 Crown Victoria was stopped in the southbound center lane...
View ArticleSanta Rosa approves school bus contract (DOCUMENT)
MILTON — The Santa Rosa County School Board has renewed a five-year contract with a school bus company despite concerns raised by some drivers. School Board members on Thursday approved a second...
View ArticleFourth-graders plant trees to celebrate Arbor Day (GALLERY)
MARY ESTHER — Mellany Dominick’s eyes sparkled as she waited anxiously for her turn to help plant a tree outside her school. She skipped around a hole dug by airmen from Hurlburt Field to get a closer...
View ArticleCountry music's George Jones dies at 81 in Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — When it comes to country music, George Jones was The Voice. Other great singers have come and gone, but this fact remained inviolate until Jones passed away Friday at 81 in a...
View ArticleDestin's coast guard replaces oldest vessel (GALLERY)
DESTIN — Monday will mark the end an era at Coast Guard Station Destin when the oldest operational vessel in the force is removed from service. Crews posed for photos Friday aboard three boats, two...
View ArticleCounty officials to fight for RESTORE Act funds
In response to what they believe are state efforts to seize control of RESTORE Act funds, representatives of eight counties in the Panhandle have scheduled an emergency meeting Monday in Tallahassee....
View ArticleMission seeks funds to remodel its kitchen
FORT WALTON BEACH — It’s hard to imagine that more than 75 meals are prepared every day in the Waterfront Rescue Mission’s kitchen. The tiny kitchen is crammed with ingredients and gear. Compounding...
View ArticleNo one injured in fire at old dormitory
FORT WALTON BEACH - No one was injured when an unoccupied building on Lee Street caught fire Friday morning, according to the Ocean City-Wright Fire Department. Ocean City-Wright and Fort Walton Beach...
View ArticleTherapy dogs help Mont. students with test stress
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — At Montana State University, final exams stress is going to the dogs. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports (http://bit.ly/11pDoHV ) Intermountain Therapy Animals is bringing dogs...
View ArticleTeen says he was chased by woman; officers smell marijuana
NICEVILLE – A 19-year-old told police he was being chased by a woman who tried to crash her vehicle into his. Of more significance, at least to the officers, was the telltale odor of marijuana coming...
View ArticlePolice looking for cig snatcher, Molotov cocktail thrower
NICEVILLE – Police are looking into the following incidents that occurred in Niceville earlier this month: On April 19, somebody walked into the Tom Thumb on Palm Boulevard, snatched four packs of...
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