Making a Difference: Music minister has served the needs of others for 52 years
Editor’s Note: This series recognizes people who make a difference in their communities. To nominate someone, call Wendy Victora at 315-4478 or email wvictora@nwfdailynews.com FORTWALTON BEACH — An...
View ArticleNewly formed TDC to hold first meeting Thursday
Statutory duties, the Sunshine Law and ethics will be a top priority for the newly appointed Okaloosa County Tourist Development Council on Thursday. The nine-member advisory council will meet at 1...
View ArticleSanta Rosa restarts discussion on new courthouse
MILTON — Santa Rosa County commissioners will try once again to find a proper location and secure funding to build a new judicial center to replace its outdated courthouse. Commissioners have...
View ArticleMost American white pelicans are back at home
This week I read a story from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources that really caught my eye. In short, the story was touting the return of thousands of American white pelicans, many of them...
View ArticleElliott Point students celebrate Earth Day
FORT WALTON BEACH -- Students at Elliott Point Elementary School spread word Monday about Earth Day in a unique way. Students in all grades helped decorate more than 500 brown paper bags in Earth Day...
View ArticleWaste Management offers backdoor service
Waste Management is offering backdoor and side-yard services to residents who have physical limitations or disabilities. The service is available to eligible residents living in the unincorporated...
View ArticleVikings top Indians at district tournaament
CRESTVIEW - Nick Boswell saved his best for when his team needed it the most. Boswell, Fort Walton Beach's junior starting pitcher, struck out eight and allowed just one earned run in Monday night's...
View ArticleEarly morning crash kills two
DESTIN - The Okaloosa County Sheriff‘s Office is investigating a traffic crash early Tuesday that killed two men at the intersection of U.S. Highway 98 and Danny Wuerffel Way. The accident occurred...
View ArticleSchool Board looks to buy land in Baker (DOCUMENTS)
The Okaloosa County School Board is in the process of purchasing more property in Baker. School District officials started looking at the 0.56-acre parcel after receiving word it was hitting the...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Citizens reform is needed
Reform efforts aimed at Citizens Property Insurance Corp. stalled last week, but legislators should not put off fixing Florida’s skewed property insurance market. A reform proposal, SB 1770, was...
View ArticleLETTER: Reject this plan
According to Florida Statute 161.142, “the Legislature finds it is in the public interest to replicate the natural drift of sand which is interrupted or altered by inlets.” Florida’s Legislature thus...
View ArticleLETTER: Vanishing library
I love libraries. And a deep disturbance awakens inside me when we talk of closing one; memories of the novel “Farenheit 451” appear. Perhaps closing the Eglin library for a period was the only option...
View ArticleLETTER: Happy sight
Smile for a change. As you leave Walmart in Miramar Beach heading west, look to the right (north). The massive field of greenish-yellow blooms are pitcher plants — a native bog plant. Enjoy. — BETH...
View ArticleSTEVE CHAPMAN: Here's why we shouldn't be afraid of terrorism
Our era is known as the Age of Terror, and no wonder. Twelve years ago, the United States suffered its worst terrorist attack ever, and since then, we have lived under the shadow of atrocities...
View ArticleFire starts in garbage truck, extinguished in road
DESTIN -- Firefighters returning from the scene of a fatal wreck were called to extinguish a fire that started in the back of a garbage truck. Destin Fire Control District got the call about the fire...
View ArticleSenate panel OKs BP funds management board
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Senate's budget panel has advanced to the floor a measure that creates a nonprofit board to manage money from settlements from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The...
View ArticleOdom gets 6 months in prison for illegal campaign contributions
PENSACOLA — Developer Jay Odom was sentenced to six months in federal prison Tuesday for campaign contribution fraud. “This offense goes to the very heart of our democratic system” and “violates...
View ArticleMont. man reunited with bird he lost in a divorce
BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — A Great Falls man who lost his macaw in a divorce more than five years ago has been reunited with the bird, thanks to an observant friend. Mike Taylor picked up the 25-year-old...
View ArticlePup named Huckleberry crowned 'Beautiful Bulldog'
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — If at first you don't succeed, wipe the slobber off and try again. Just ask 4-year-old pup Huckleberry, who's been crowned this year's "Beautiful Bulldog." Huckleberry competed...
View ArticleOfficer tells man not to throw joint in bayou; man does it anyway
NICEVILLE – A man is accused of disposing of a marijuana cigarette into Rocky Bayou after being told not to by a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation officer. During the week of April 12-18 ( the...
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