Former rental agency employee charged with embezzlement
SANTA ROSA BEACH — A former employee of Sandcastle Escapes was arrested Wednesday on embezzlement charges. Officials with the Walton County Sheriff’s Office began investigating 36-year-old Wesley...
View ArticleTuition Assistance is back for 2013
Air Force Military Tuition Assistance officially restarted for the continuation of the 2013 fiscal year, April 10. On March 11, Chief Master Sgt. James Cody sent out an Air Force-wide letter informing...
View ArticleThe present and future honor the past
Nineteen 39th Information Operations Squadron personnel attended the dedication ceremony for the Doolittle Raider exhibit at the Northwest Florida State College in Fort Walton Beach, April 17. The...
View ArticleAFSOC supports ‘Every Dollar Counts’ initiative
In the wake of sequestration, Air Force leaders are calling upon Airmen to share their best money-saving ideas through the Every Dollar Counts campaign. Since Air Force Special Operations Command is...
View ArticleWalker students involved in fatal charter bus crash
NEW ORLEANS - A charter bus taking fifth-graders and chaperones from Crestview’s Walker Elementary School to New Orleans for a field trip was involved in a fatal accident Thursday morning on...
View ArticleAirmen protect the layers
Upon walking into the paint room inside the Corrosion Control Facility on Hurlburt Field, the area resembles more of a scene from “Men in Black” than a maintenance room in the United States Air Force....
View ArticleChildren in Crisis show their appreciation for troops
Dozens of children from Families Count prepare care packages for deployed troops at the Children in Crisis clubhouse in Fort Walton Beach, April 23. “The children pick a different community service...
View ArticleVeteran’s Court aids those who served their country
Cupcakes in the courtroom. That was how County Judge T. Patterson Maney chose to honor the three latest graduates of the Veteran’s Court he was instrumental in founding. Veteran’s Court is an...
View ArticleSexual assault survivor shares story
Every April, Airmen are asked to reflect on the significance of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Nowhere were those reflections more apparent than April 23 when national speaker, Katie Koestner,...
View ArticleAFMC embraces new culture of savings
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio — Air Force Materiel Command leaders are pledging their support for a new money-saving Air Force initiative dubbed Every Dollar Counts. In the wake of sequestration and...
View ArticleNavy wife reenlists Marine husband
When Gunnery Sgt. Markus Lill recited his oath of enlistment April 12, his spouse not only looked on in admiration, but also administered the oath. For his fifth enlistment, Lill, an airframes...
View ArticleThe last F-4 departs Davis-Monthan
DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. — The final F-4 regenerated from storage at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group performed its last flight over Tucson, Ariz., April 17, before...
View ArticleFormer attorney testifies against Tipler
Attorney R. Scott Whitehead, the third and most important of Harvey Tipler’s cellmates who say they plotted with him to kill Assistant State Attorney Russ Edgar, testified Thursday for the...
View ArticleFWB reviewing possible assessment for fire protection
FORT WALTON BEACH — The city’s staff is considering options to charge an assessment fee to make funding for fire protection more uniform. The Fort Walton Beach Fire Department’s roughly $3.8 million...
View ArticleGolf game builds character, opens doors (GALLERY)
FORT WALTON BEACH — A new generation of golfers is rapidly developing at Wright Elementary School. For the last two years, students have been allowed to try their hand at the sport during the school’s...
View ArticleMusic for Missions to benefit Guatemalan orphanage
MIRAMAR BEACH – Take a journey to Guatemala by joining local student musicians at Destiny Worship Center on May 10 for Music for Missions. This unique community event started and produced by local...
View ArticleDestin’s 10th Annual Week of Blessings includes 56th Annual Blessing of the...
DESTIN — As a community foundation and for 55 years, the annual Blessing of the Destin Fishing Fleet takes place in the Destin harbor on Ascension Day. On this day, local pastors gather to bless...
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