Students entertain with Harlem Shake (VIDEO, GALLERY)
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — It was no ordinary day Monday at Chautauqua Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Rather than quietly acknowledge the start of national Nursing Home week, a group of freshmen from...
View ArticleFinalists chosen for Okaloosa airports director
Ten people from seven different states have been selected as finalists in the search for a new Okaloosa County airports director. “I think we have a decent pool of applicants,” County Administrator...
View ArticleMaking a Difference: Cancer survivor continues the fight
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. Karen Clifford was just...
View ArticleWhitehead gets 10 years probation
CRESTVIEW — Disbarred attorney R. Scott Whitehead was praised at his own sentencing hearing Monday for his “courageous” efforts to thwart a plot hatched from jail to kill Assistant State Attorney Russ...
View ArticleNew resort to bring jobs to South Walton
ROSEMARY BEACH — This beachfront community’s first hotel hopes to bring a new level of luxury to the South Walton area. The Pearl will be Rosemary Beach’s first hotel and will feature 55 luxury guest...
View ArticleRep. Matt Gaetz to run for father's state Senate seat
Although the election is still more than three years away, state Rep. Matt Gaetz has thrown his hat into the ring to fill his father’s Senate seat. Sen. Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, will reach his term...
View ArticleNew resort to bring jobs to South Walton
ROSEMARY BEACH — This beachfront community’s first hotel hopes to bring a new level of luxury to the South Walton area. The Pearl will be Rosemary Beach’s first hotel and will feature 55 luxury guest...
View ArticleEglin to close roads Tuesday
Several major roads through base property will be closed for a time Tuesday for a test mission. State Road 85 will be closed from Range Road 213 to a point 0.4 miles north of the intersection of...
View ArticleBrother-in-law responsible for shooting death
DORCAS — Thomas “Gerry” Rangeley, who died Sunday morning at North Okaloosa Medical Center from a single gunshot wound to the chest, was shot by his brother-in-law, Burton Terry Todd, according to the...
View ArticleSanta Rosa breaks ground on horse park
EAST MILTON — A ground breaking ceremony for the June Ates Arena was held Monday morning. The arena, named after local horse enthusiast June Ates, will be available for local community events and will...
View ArticleWildlife officials to speak on feral hogs
CRESTVIEW — Agriculture Agent Jennifer Bearden, along with a representative from Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, will host an informational meeting concerning nuisance wild hogs at...
View ArticleFatality reported in wreck on State Road 85
CRESTVIEW — At least one person died in a wreck on State Road 85 Monday night, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The wreck occurred shortly before 8 p.m. on northbound SR-85 near the...
View ArticleHouse panel set to OK cut in food stamp program
WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee rebuffed Democratic efforts Wednesday to keep the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program whole, as debate on the farm bill turned into a theological discourse on...
View ArticleBad girls, bad girls, what you gonna do?
CRESTVIEW – Remember the TV game show that allowed contestants to enter a grocery store and take anything they wanted without paying? The contestant who’d amassed the priciest cart full of goods got...
View Article'Frog' says he didn't break into vehicle; police disagree
CRESTVIEW – “Frog” says he did not burglarize a vehicle on Hathaway Street, but lawmen disagree and say he hopped from the frying pan into the fire when he used a plastic bag to open the passenger...
View ArticleMan's methadone dissolves into puddle of Mountain Dew
CRESTVIEW – A man lost two of his three methadone tablets after they dissolved in a pool of soft drink, but the remaining pill was enough to land him in jail for possession. On April 25 a Crestview...
View ArticleHolder defends subpoenas for AP telephone records
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress Wednesday that a serious national security leak required the secret gathering of telephone records at The Associated Press as he stood by an...
View ArticleHolder: Potential civil rights violations at IRS
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI is investigating potential civil rights violations at the Internal Revenue Service after the agency acknowledged the agency had singled out conservative groups for extra...
View ArticleA timeline of the IRS's scrutiny of the right
A look at events leading to the disclosure that the Internal Revenue Service placed conservative groups under special scrutiny for 18 months before the 2012 elections, a practice that has prompted...
View Article7th Special Forces opens its gates (GALLERY)
EGLIN AFB — The Army 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) opened its doors Wednesday to show the public what it does and how it does it. Visitors Day attracted about 2,000 people to the Special Forces’...
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