Walton County Sheriff's deputies investigating suspicious death
PAXTON - Walton County sheriff's deputies are investigating the suspicious death of a woman on Clear Springs Road. Deputies were called to the scene Friday afternoon, Sheriff’s Capt. Audie Rowell said...
View ArticleHealth officials issue another swimming advisory for Morrison Springs
CARYVILLE — The Walton County Health Department has issued an advisory for the third time this year urging swimmers to stay out of Morrison Springs. The advisory was issued after high counts of E....
View ArticleSouthern Airways Express lands at Destin Airport
DESTIN — Southern Airways Express has officially landed. “This was our very first flight system-wide, and we came from Olive Branch, Miss.,” Keith Sisson, the airline’s chief operating officer, said...
View ArticleVICTORA: Parents must let go of their kids and pray for the best
If we need reminders that life is short and there’s not always time to say goodbye, they are all around us. Some are especially poignant. In a courtroom in Walton County on Monday, legal...
View ArticleGulf Power certification program attracts 16 sites
Gulf Power’s first attempt at a site certification program to help public and private entities prepare properties for development is off to a strong start. The Gulf Power Industrial Site Evaluation...
View ArticleLETTER: Budget realities
Okaloosa County commissioners have refused to talk with constitutional officers about the budget and have turned a deaf ear toward them, even when the constitutional officers attempt to compromise. Is...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Andrea's well-timed reminders
Tropical Storm Andrea turned out to be utterly predictable. It followed the forecast tracks, crossed Florida’s Big Bend on Thursday evening and was dumping rain on the East Coast by Friday. Even the...
View ArticleMossy Head Industrial Park has sat dormant for more than a decade
MOSSY HEAD — John Magee, who owns several manufacturing companies in Walton County, said he drove to Mossy Head a couple years ago to check out its industrial park as a possible building site. Not...
View ArticleFor volunteer firefighters, it’s all about the community
After working a 24-hour shift at Okaloosa Emergency Medical Services, Steven Moxley headed to his second job as a volunteer firefighter with the Florosa Fire Control District. He spent most of the day...
View ArticleMock disaster tests local emergency medical team
FORT WALTON BEACH — The Region 1 State Medical Response Team’s training exercise Saturday took March’s barge collision with the Brooks Bridge and made it even worse. In the scenario, a large vessel...
View ArticleBevy of past and present area standouts selected on MLB Draft's Day 3
While the first two days of the MLB 2013 draft registered barely of blip on the local athletic scene, the third and final day proved fruitful for area prospects. And more specifically prospects from...
View ArticleMan stabbed at apartment complex
FORT WALTON BEACH - A man was in serious condition at Baptist Health Care in Pensacola after he was stabbed in the upper chest early Saturday, according to police. The victim, a 36-year-old black man,...
View ArticleMan shot in abdomen at bar early Saturday
FORT WALTON BEACH - A man was in stable condition at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola on Saturday evening after he was shot in the abdomen and hand at a nightclub early that morning, according to...
View ArticleTwo people critical after being pulled from Gulf
OKALOOSA ISLAND —Two people were in critical condition Saturday night after they were rescued from the Gulf of Mexico behind the Sheraton Four Points hotel. Okaloosa Island firefighters responded to...
View ArticleCity libraries see more business after Eglin library closes
In the six weeks since Eglin Air Force Base closed its library, military families have turned to the Okaloosa County Public Library Cooperative to fill the gap. Although county officials haven’t...
View ArticleCrestview road reopened
Live Oak Church Road in Crestview has been reopened. The road was closed at about 1:45 p.m. Sunday due to flooding. Several cars stalled out attempting to drive on the road. The water has receded,...
View ArticleDeveloper: Shopping mall could bring $20 million payroll to Crestview
CRESTVIEW— TJ Maxx, Hobby Lobby and Logan’s Roadhouse are among retailers and restaurants that could open here if city leaders and developers can bring a shopping mall to fruition. The...
View ArticleUPDATE: Two dead after caught in rip current
SANTA ROSA BEACH — Two men drowned Sunday after getting caught in rip currents in the Gulf of Mexico behind an area of South Spooky Lane, according to the Walton County Sheriff’s Office offense...
View ArticleKerri Andre’s service project feeds elementary students
When Kerri Andre started the Backpack Club, she planned on about five students at Edwins Fine and Performing Arts School needing packs full of food for the weekends. The school asked the Fort Walton...
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