Bicyclist hospitalized after hit by SUV
NICEVILLE - A 49-year-old bicyclist was hospitalized Wednesday afternoon after she was hit by a sport utility vehicle in front of the Chick-fil-A on John Sims Parkway, according to police. Linda Burke...
View ArticleCharcoal starts small fire on side of house
FORT WALTON BEACH - Charcoal that was improperly disposed of after a barbecue started a small fire on the side of a home in the 900 block of Tokalon Court on Wednesday afternoon, according to Ocean...
View ArticleWoman says man spent money intended for kids on alcohol, then slapped her
CRESTVIEW – A man on inmate release was arrested after his girlfriend accused him of slapping her on the neck as she was driving her car. On March 23 the woman and her boyfriend, 32-year-old Gavin...
View ArticleMan busted in Yu-Gi-Oh card theft caper
FORT WALTON BEACH – A 21-year-old man was arrested for stealing playing cards from a local discount store, according to a report. The incident occurred April 8 at the Walmart store on Beal Parkway. A...
View ArticleWoman says she pawned cameras, but didn't take them
NICEVILLE – A Niceville woman hocked her neighbor’s digital cameras, but she says it was his roommate who took them, not her. A serviceman contacted Niceville Police to report the cameras – three...
View ArticlePolice: Ambulance driver passed out before crash
FORT WALTON BEACH - The driver of an Okaloosa County EMS ambulance passed out before he caused a five-vehicle crash at Mary Esther Cut-Off and Wright Parkway on Tuesday evening, according to police....
View ArticleBrenda Shoffner: 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' gives us what we need - laughter
For 2½ hours Tuesday night, the cast and crew of “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” carried me away from here and now, where, only minutes earlier at home, news coverage of the bombings in Boston had brought...
View ArticleW/schedule: Musical Echoes festival starts Friday in FWB
FORT WALTON BEACH — Musical Echoes 2013, a celebration of Native American culture, art, and music, highlighting the Native American flute, will be held at Fort Walton Landing, 139 Brooks St.,...
View ArticleLETTER: I am ashamed
For more than 10 years, Walton County sheriff’s deputies have been assigned to public middle and high schools. They are called school resource deputies, or SRDs. I have known three who have served at...
View ArticleExperience the Finest April 25 at HarborWalk Village
Why settle for the finer things when you can experience the Finest? The votes have been cast, the results have been tabulated and the winners will soon be revealed for the third annual installment of...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Drawing the line on drones
It would be easy to dismiss the drone law that zipped through the Florida Legislature as just another political stunt, a solution in search of a problem. We prefer to view it as a solution to a...
View ArticleDeFuniak Springs couple charged with manufacturing meth
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — Two people have been are charged with manufacturing methamphetamine from a home on Mosley Lane. Walton County sheriff’s deputies were called to the home of 55-year-old Zanda Brock...
View ArticleFeds hunt bomb suspects; Obama offers reassurance
BOSTON (AP) — Investigators in the Boston Marathon bombing pressed the search Thursday for one or more potential suspects spotted on video, while President Barack Obama paid a visit under heavy...
View ArticleCrews seek survivors, bodies after Texas blast (GALLERY)
WEST, Texas (AP) — Rescuers searched the smoking remnants of a Texas farm town Thursday for survivors of a thunderous fertilizer plant explosion, gingerly checking smashed houses and apartments for...
View ArticleNo one cited in four-car wreck
FORT WALTON BEACH — No one will be cited for causing a four-vehicle crash in front of Choctawhatchee High School on April 8 that snarled traffic and sent one driver to the hospital. Fort Walton Beach...
View ArticleMan pleads no contest to trafficking meth
LAUREL HILL — A 35-year-old man faces up to 30 years in prison for trafficking more than 28 grams of methamphetamine. Charles Wesley Kemp pleaded no contest Wednesday to the charges that stemmed from...
View ArticleTeen faces up to 40 years in prison for armed robbery
CRESTVIEW — A 15-year-old boy faces up to 40 years in prison after he pleaded no contest to the charges of attempted robbery with a firearm, shooting into a vehicle, burglary of a conveyance and grand...
View ArticleEthanol bill passes state House, awaits approval in Senate (DOCUMENT)
A law that requires gasoline sold in Florida to contain some percentage of ethanol may be headed for repeal. Bills sponsored by state Rep. Matt Gaetz and state Sen. Greg Evers appear to have cleared...
View ArticleCollege students test their skills in engineering competition
SHALIMAR — Engineering calculations and theories by students from 17 universities were put to the test this week during an annual event sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory. Since Monday,...
View ArticleFBI releases images of 2 men at Boston Marathon (VIDEO, GALLERY)
BOSTON (AP) — Plucking a couple of faces in baseball caps out of a swarming crowd, the FBI zeroed in on two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing and shared surveillance-camera images of them with...
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