15-year-old boy found
Shane Keith Sanders, a 15-year-old boy who was reported missing Thursday, has been found and is back with his family. Sanders had been last seen at his Santa Rosa Beach home on Wednesday.
View ArticleTeen sentenced to probation following fatal wreck
NAVARRE — A 16-year-old girl was sentenced Friday to six months probation after pleading no contest to violation of non-resident driver's license exemption, violation of learner's permit, and running...
View ArticleEDC sets sights on new president
For the first time in more than 15 years, the Economic Development Council of Okaloosa County is looking for a new president. Longtime EDC President Larry Sassano resigned at the end of November to...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: A surly Christmas surprise
It’s hard to have yourself a merry little Christmas when the grown-ups are fighting over who let a controversial group take part in the yule parade and whether local government should muzzle certain...
View ArticlePearl Harbor dead remembered on 71st anniversary
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — More than 2,000 people at Pearl Harbor and many more around the country are marking the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack that killed thousands of people and launched...
View ArticleFla. officials urged to make budget website public
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A pair of open government and ethics advocacy groups on Friday urged Gov. Rick Scott and Florida legislative leaders to keep and make public a now-secure and largely unused...
View ArticleLottery officials: Powerball winner is man in 30s
PHOENIX (AP) — Lottery officials announced Friday that a married man in his 30s from a wealthy Phoenix suburb has claimed his half of the $587.5 million Powerball jackpot, deciding to collect the...
View ArticleLocal Faith briefs for Dec. 8
Submissions: Email items about special church events for the Faith section to: faith@nwfdailynews.com. Photos should be high-resolution jpeg attachments. Items must be submitted at least a week before...
View ArticleMan accused of taking business's money, not performing jobs
FORT WALTON BEACH - The owner of a fencing company was arrested after he received over $30,000 in payments for projects he never completed, according to an arrest report. On March 24 Decks N Such...
View ArticleA night of Nativity: ‘Pilgrimage to Bethlehem’ set for Dec. 8
LAUREL HILL — Members of the Laurel Hill and Crestview Presbyterian churches are preparing for the annual Living Nativity program hosted 6-8 p.m. Dec.8 by the Laurel Hill church. Actors are learning...
View ArticleMan says he stole phone for 'book and charger'
FORT WALTON BEACH - A homeless man walked into a store and stole a cell phone because he needed the "book and charger" for his own phone, he told a Fort Walton Beach Police officer. On Nov. 15 the...
View ArticleLawmen: Man filched over $20,000 from safe
FORT WALTON BEACH - A man is accused of walking into a business to fetch paperwork, noticing the safe was open, and helping himself to over $20,000. The incident took place at a Beal Parkway business...
View ArticleRegional panel approves new formula to share BP money
SANTA ROSA BEACH — Representatives from Okaloosa, Walton and Santa Rosa counties voted Friday to accept a lesser share of RESTORE Act funds so smaller counties among Florida’s eight most impacted by...
View ArticleA safer 30A
SANTA ROSA BEACH — Bicyclists and pedestrians who enjoy the scenic view along Walton County Road 30A can travel a little easier thanks to additional safety features implemented this week. County...
View ArticleLaw enforcement on the Internet
DEFUNIAK SPRINGS — The office of the Walton County sheriff’s Cyber Crime Unit isn’t your typical cubicle. The office is similar to an evidence room because of the information stored on the equipment...
View ArticleAirman hitches ride home with Santa
FORT WALTON BEACH — Jason Schultz had long planned to surprise his family. The airman at Eglin Air Force Base told them he’d be back from a year-long deployment to Korea on Saturday, knowing that he...
View ArticleVietnam Veterans reunite
The last time Sgt. Gene McGowan and Lt. Marc Harris saw each other was in Vietnam in 1970 as members of the 11th Armored Calvary position near the rubber trees along the Ho Chi Minh Trail near the...
View ArticleMilton juvenile facility worker arrested
A worker at the Milton Girls Juvenile Residential Facility was arrested on Tuesday and charged with the battery of a client. Shannon Linn Abbott, 33, of Milton, was arrested on the battery charge...
View ArticleNodjomian claims Niceville City Council seat
Sal Nodjomian, former commander of the 96th Air Base Wing at Eglin, will be the newest member of the City Council. Nodjomian was the only person to qualify to run for a vacant council seat when the...
View ArticleMan faces drug charges after traffic stop
A Gainesville man faces drug charges after an officer found drugs on him during a traffic stop Friday morning, according to the Niceville Police Department. The officer pulled over 39-year-old Joseph...
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