Spring lawn problems require patience
Spring lawn problems are common in North Florida. If you are satisfied with your lawn this time of year, you are the exception. But patience, warmer soil temperature and correct lawn maintenance will...
View ArticleReport: Man caught with Reeboks, mechanical fish
CRESTVIEW – A man who’d been told to stay out of a local store was arrested after he was spotted back at the store, found with merchandise he hadn’t paid for, and was carrying drug paraphernalia,...
View Article'You raped my wife!' 'I want a DNA test'
FORT WALTON BEACH – A man who believed a friend had sexually assaulted his fiancé was arrested after he beat the man to a swollen pulp. On April 7 a Fort Walton Beach Police officer went to a...
View ArticleMan admits to taking friend's car
FORT WALTON BEACH – A local man was arrested after he stole a friend’s car, according to an arrest report. The incident was reported on March 30 to the Fort Walton Beach Police Department. A man told...
View ArticleReport: Other man, Facebook page lead to bottle-kicking
FORT WALTON BEACH – A man who kicked a bottle of vitamin water at his girlfriend after an argument was arrested for battery and resisting arrest, lawmen say. On April 7 an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleMan does not take kindly to being told to leave, alleged victim says
NICEVILLE – A 22-year-old man was arrested after he attacked a man in his own home, according to the Niceville Police Department. On March 28 the man was invited into the alleged victim’s house as a...
View Article'Doo Doo Head' busted for giving fake name to lawmen
FORT WALTON BEACH – A man was arrested after he allegedly gave lawmen a fake name as they arrested him on an out-of-county warrant. On April 10 a Fort Walton Beach Police officer went to a Beal...
View ArticleDoolittle reunions a family affair for local minister (GALLERY)
FORT WALTON BEACH — Most children grow up attending family reunions with grandparents, aunts and uncles. Mark Fitzhugh considered the Doolittle Raiders reunions his family get-togethers. Fitzhugh’s...
View ArticleWoman’s body found in Rocky Bayou
NICEVILLE — The body of an unidentified white woman was found in Rocky Bayou Sunday morning. A passerby saw the body in the water near the shore at the end of 11th Street about 7 a.m. and reported it...
View ArticleAfter 40 years, Golddiggers continue to entertain local senior citizens
FORT WALTON BEACH — Forty years after their founding, the Golddiggers continue to bring a smile to the faces of seniors in Okaloosa County with their singing, dancing and entertainment. The group...
View ArticleNiceville’s Alan Ritchson to appear on ‘Hawaii Five-0’
NICEVILLE — Since graduating from Niceville High School in 2001, Alan Ritchson has done things few people even dream about: He serenaded Paula Abdul on “American Idol,” guest-starred as Aquaman in the...
View ArticleFourth-grader wants to be a Jane Goodall for wolves
To nominate a student for Youth Spotlight, email wvictora@nwfdailynews.com or call 315-4478. Callie Hallmark, a fourth-grader at Longwood Elementary School, has always wanted to work with animals....
View ArticleMan crashes car into tree while fleeing from police
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — A man was critically injured early Sunday morning after he crashed his car into a tree while trying to flee from the police. Jesse A. Ricks, 30 of DeFuniak Springs, was driving...
View ArticleConstruction to begin on SoundSide affordable housing
FORT WALTON BEACH — After five years of stops and starts, construction is scheduled to begin on SoundSide Apartments on Carson Drive. The $22 million affordable housing complex is being developed by...
View ArticleLightning strikes home causing $30,000 in damages
CRESTVIEW — A home on Limestone Circle sustained around $30,000 in damages during a lightning storm Sunday morning. According to a Crestview Fire press release, 228 Limestone Court was struck by...
View ArticleLETTER: Walton TDC chief
The current state of affairs in Walton County is a disgrace. I read (Daily News, April 10) that the jail director, Stan Sunday, was appointed interim director of the Tourist Development Council. What?...
View ArticleLETTER: God and rape
It didn’t take Democrats long to go after Dr. Ben Carson, which tells me he is regarded as a threat to liberals’ dominance of our lives. He is just too conservative. Admittedly, he comes with some...
View ArticleKATHLEEN PARKER: If new gun laws will make us feel better, why not?
WASHINGTON — The biggest obstacle to the Obama administration’s push for tighter gun control may be its own best argument: Newtown. This is because nothing proposed in the gun control debates would...
View ArticleGUEST COLUMN: Throwing sand on a new East Pass inlet plan
By REBECCA SHERRY It seems that greed and self-interest always return, despite the great number of citizen-champions in this region who remain energized and committed to protecting our vital local...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: 'Thirty Seconds' over FWB
In the first sentence of the first paragraph on the first page, Ted Lawson got to the point. “I helped bomb Tokyo on the Doolittle raid of April 18, 1942,” he wrote. The book was “Thirty Seconds Over...
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