Oil spill funds to help fix storm water problems
The Gap Creek watershed has posed pollution problems for Okaloosa County and the city of Fort Walton Beach for at least a decade. Early next year, with an infusion of at least $1 million from a company...
View ArticleForeign student workers say they were defrauded
Forty-one students from Bulgaria and the Ukraine who worked on the Emerald Coast this summer through a visa program have sued the company that made their living and working arrangements.
View ArticleOfficials question project’s costs
Santa Rosa County commissioners had too many questions without answers about a proposed equestrian center in East Milton and have delayed any future votes on the project until early next year.
View ArticleRoad named in honor of Plew Elementary (SLIDESHOW)
Local leaders and fifth-grade students at Plew Elementary gathered Monday afternoon to celebrate the naming of Plew Panther Way about a year after the paved road running alongside the school's...
View ArticleMan charged in burglaries at Freeport businesses
A 33-year-old man has been charged with breaking into three businesses last week and stealing frozen meat, guns, a laptop and some cash.
View ArticleFWBHS theater group heading to state competition
The Fort Walton Beach High School theater department's production of “The Children’s Hour” was one of seven plays chosen out of nearly 50 screened to participate in the Florida State Thespian Festival...
View ArticleMobile meth lab discovered Monday
CRESTVIEW — A mobile methamphetamine laboratory was discovered Monday afternoon on Brookmeade Drive.
View ArticleSchool bus involved in morning crash
A school bus carrying 32 students from Rocky Bayou Christian School was involved in an early morning crash just outside of Crestview.
View ArticleOkaloosa school district employees see raises
FORT WALTON BEACH — Teacher pay issues in Okaloosa County are one vote closer to being finalized.
View ArticleLandmark Center hits new snag
The Fort Walton Beach City Council was advised that the city had not followed its own Land Development Code when it allowed a meeting on the proposed Landmark Center to be scheduled before the required...
View ArticleSteve Hough almost fully recovered from 2011 shooting
Steve Hough passed the anniversary of his shooting with the two groups of people who best understood what he’d been through – coworkers and family members.
View ArticleOld bear killed in collision with car
She was a good mother and a good neighbor who lived a long and fruitful life without ever venturing far from home.
View ArticleAttorney General bans more synthetic drugs
SHALIMAR — A slew of new synthetic drugs has been deemed illegal in the state of Florida, according to an emergency order the Attorney General issued Tuesday. In response, deputies with the Okaloosa...
View ArticleDrone bill draws concerns
As filed by State Sen. Joe Negron explicitly prohibits using unmanned aerial drones, except when the U.S. secretary of Homeland Security determines there is a "high risk" for a terrorist attack.
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