First Deputy Tony Forgione memorial SWAT competition to be held
The first annual Anthony Forgione Memorial SWAT Competition will be held during National Police Week., according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office. The event honors former Okaloosa County...
View ArticleOfficials to mark completion of beach restoration in west Destin
DESTIN — For the first time in years, the beaches of Holiday Isle are overflowing with sugar-white sand. The wider and taller shoreline is the result of the recently completed West Destin Beach...
View ArticleIRS steered clear of local tea parties
Local tea party groups said they haven’t been bothered by the Internal Revenue Service. But Joe Pascarella, former head of the Niceville Valparaiso Tea Party, said fear of IRS retaliation against his...
View ArticleState group to help Walton County get an administrator
SANTA ROSA BEACH — Walton County’s third search for a county administrator in three years is going to be conducted a little differently than previously. At the suggestion of Chris Holley, executive...
View ArticleFDLE investigating Wednesday's officer-involved shooting
FORT WALTON BEACH — A man was in stable condition at a Pensacola hospital Wednesday night after he was shot by an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputy, according to the Sheriff’s Office. View a photo...
View ArticleFDLE investigating Wednesday's officer-involved shooting
FORT WALTON BEACH — A man was in stable condition at a Pensacola hospital Wednesday night after he was shot by an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputy, according to the Sheriff’s Office. View a photo...
View ArticleFDLE investigating Wednesday's officer-involved shooting
FORT WALTON BEACH — A man was in stable condition at a Pensacola hospital Wednesday night after he was shot by an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputy, according to the Sheriff’s Office. View a photo...
View ArticleFDLE investigating Wednesday's officer-involved shooting
FORT WALTON BEACH — A man was in stable condition at a Pensacola hospital Wednesday night after he was shot by an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputy, according to the Sheriff’s Office. View a photo...
View ArticleFDLE investigating Wednesday's officer-involved shooting
FORT WALTON BEACH — A man was in stable condition at a Pensacola hospital Wednesday night after he was shot by an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputy, according to the Sheriff’s Office. View a photo...
View ArticleIRS commissioner ousted over tea party targeting
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hurrying to check a growing controversy, President Barack Obama ousted the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service late Wednesday amid an outcry over revelations that the...
View ArticleCyclists remember those killed on the road
FORT WALTON BEACH — It took Carolyn Newcomber Ketchel seven years to hear her brother’s name read at Wednesday’s Ride of Silence. Stephen Newcomber was killed many years ago while bicycling to his...
View ArticleTexas-Tyler, Transylvania men surge at D3 golf championship
SANDESTIN – Commonly referred to as “moving day,” as in the day where players make their movies for that final-day surge, the third round of golf tournaments takes on heightened meaning. But as the...
View ArticleWildfire near Garcon Point Bridge mostly contained
GULF BREEZE - A wildfire along Stanford Road near the Garcon Point Bridge was still 75 percent contained Thursday morning, according to the Florida Forest Service. Firefighters had been battling the...
View Article'I've Been There': Former NBA player speaks to area youth
NICEVILLE - It’s a story that Chris Herren tells often. A renowned speaker that now travels the country sharing his harrowing tale of drug and alcohol addiction, Herren invites his audience to go back...
View ArticleWhooping cough case confirmed
A case of pertussis, or whooping cough, has been confirmed in Santa Rosa County, according to the Health Department. The person’s family and immediate friends have been contacted and are being...
View ArticleCouple sentenced to two years for fraud
TALLAHASSEE - Rudolf Straat and his wife Maria Gudelis, who lived in Sandestin from October 2005 through July 2007, were sentenced to two years in federal prison Wednesday for conspiring to commit tax...
View ArticleFWB Community Chorus presents 'This is My Country'
FORT WALTON BEACH — The Fort Walton Beach Community Chorus will present “This is My Country,” a musical journey across the United States, for its spring concert. During the first half, the chorus will...
View ArticleLETTER: Odom's 'crime'
Can someone please explain to me why Jay Odom — the real estate developer responsible for the complete revitalization of Uptown Station in Fort Walton Beach and construction of the grand Hammock Bay...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Franchise fees: Who will pay?
When it comes to franchise fees, a few Okaloosa County officials cling to a cozy notion. They think that if the county charges local utility companies a fee for the use of public rights of way, the...
View ArticleBrenda Shoffner: Spring brings bouquet of new books to my attention
Starting the last week of March, requests for book publicity flooded my email inbox. I can’t say yes to all of them, but I did to three, and several more came unsolicited. In the interest of honesty,...
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