ArtsQuest festival (SLIDESHOW)
The 25th Annual ArtsQuest Arts and Music Festival was held this weekend at WaterColor Inn and Resort in South Walton County. The event featured a wide variety of live music, art workshops and...
View ArticleCould 9-year-old be the next celebrity chef?
To nominate a student for Youth Spotlight, email wvictora@nwfdailynews.com or call 315-4478. Jace Barefield, a third-grader at Edge Elementary School, never thought winning third place in a cooking...
View ArticleDestin voters to decide millage cap hike for fire district
DESTIN — Voters will head to the polls Tuesday voice their opinion on the Destin Fire Control District’s proposed millage cap increase. “It all comes down to the voters and whether they want to vote...
View ArticleNeedy elementary students get sneakers for the summer
CRESTVIEW— Selected students at Walker and Riverside elementary schools will be able to run, leap and play in new shoes this summer thanks to a regional medical business’ community outreach. An...
View ArticleWomen’s Home offers a way to recharge lives
FORT WALTON BEACH — In the year following the reopening of the Ronda Coon Women’s Home, about 35 women have stayed there as they picked up pieces of their lives. “One woman said, ‘This isn’t a...
View Article53rd Wing pilot to become lead Thunderbird
By this time next year, Lt. Col. Matthew Bradley’s F-16 fighter jet will be looping, flipping and rolling through the sky to the delight of a crowd gathered below. Bradley, a 53rd Wing pilot, has been...
View ArticleBoat destroyed in fire in Rocky Bayou
A 31-foot boat was destroyed after it caught fire while en route in Rocky Bayou about 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon. A man and his wife and dog were on the boat when it caught fire, said Coast Guard Petty...
View ArticleFirefighters rescue injured wake boarder
NICEVILLE -- Firefighters rescued a 26-year-old man who broke his leg in three places while wake boarding in Rocky Bayou Saturday afternoon. The man was still attached to his wake board when...
View ArticleMotorcyclist critically injured Sunday
FREEPORT — A 48-year-old motorcyclist was critically injured Sunday evening while riding on County Road 3280. Eric Elkin of Fort Walton Beach was driving a 2004 Harley Davidson westbound around 6:40...
View ArticleRoad work shuts down one lane of Hwy. 98 westbound
DESTIN — Traffic going westbound on U.S. Highway 98 between Big Kahuna's Water Park and Palm Street will be restricted to one lane today while crews make roadway repairs. A void has formed in the...
View ArticleRacial slurs lead to disorderly conduct charge
CRESTVIEW -- A 27-year-old man with no known address was arrested April 19 after causing a disturbance while trying to break into a vending machine. The suspect was kicking the machine and creating a...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man stabbed Saturday charged with domestic violence
CRESTVIEW — A 45-year-old man who was stabbed Saturday night has been charged with domestic battery. Christopher A. Paris was taken to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola after he was stabbed by his...
View ArticleMan charged with tattooing minor
CRESTVIEW -- A 24-year-old Crestview man was charged with tattooing a minor after the mother of a 16-year-old girl discovered a tattoo on her ankle. The mother said she did not give permission for her...
View ArticleBarn fire causes thousands in damages
WALTON COUNTY — The Fire Marshal's Office is investigating a barn fire Sunday night that caused thousands of dollars in damages. Chief Brian Coley with Walton County Fire Rescue said a home on Otter...
View ArticleSon bites mother's thumb, punches her in eye
CRESTVIEW -- A 13-year-old boy was charged with battery after arguing with his mom about cleaning his room, according to his Crestview Police Department arrest report. The mother told police that...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Tax-hike talk runs out of gas
It looks as if motorists in Okaloosa County won’t have to pay a higher gasoline tax after all. Two county commissioners said last week they wouldn’t support raising the local gas tax — by as much as 5...
View ArticleLETTER: Raise the gas tax
Our infrastructure desperately needs fixing. Start counting the number of bridges you cross as you travel through Okaloosa County. A large percentage of them are very old and getting older. You can...
View ArticleLETTER: U.S. will burn
Now that Israel has become the last hope of freedom in the world, should we, the people of the United States, seek Israeli protection? In fact, should the U.S. Congress petition Israel through an...
View ArticleMan allegedly punches child, pushes pregnant woman
MARY ESTHER — A 26-year-old man was charged with child abuse and aggravated battery Sunday after allegedly hitting a small child and a pregnant woman. Tory Mitchell Wright is accused of punching a...
View ArticleAuthorities ID man's remains
CRESTVIEW — Authorities have determined a body found in late March in a wooded area off Pandora Drive in Crestview to be those of Damian Matthew Andrews of DeFuniak Springs. Andrews was reported...
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