Truck stop coming to Mossy Head
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — After more than a decade of searching, Walton County appears to have found its first tenant for the Mossy Head Industrial Park. County commissioners voted 5-0 Tuesday to sell 15...
View ArticleStorm knocks out power in Wright
About 1,545 Okaloosa County residents were without power Tuesday night after a fast-moving storm hit the area. Gulf Power expected to restore power to 232 customers near Beal Parkway and Green Acres...
View ArticleGALLERY: Photos by readers of storms moving through the area
Daily News readers sent in photos of the stormy weather moving through the area. Check out the gallery. >>
View ArticleCommissioners skeptical of school officers funding (DOCUMENT)
FORT WALTON BEACH — Okaloosa County Sheriff Larry Ashley is standing firm on a plan to spend $3.4 million to keep an armed deputy in every school for another year. “If I’ve got to list the priorities...
View ArticleWalton approves fire assessment hike
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — An issue that pitted north Walton County residents against their brethren in the south was resolved for the time being Tuesday when a divided County Commission voted to increase...
View ArticleMan charged with attacking deputy
SANTA ROSA BEACH - A man was arrested Monday for fighting with a Walton County sheriff's deputy. The deputy was patrolling Driftwood Estates when he saw 18-year-old Victor Nguyen in black swimming...
View ArticleWoman’s car hits Infinite Lasers store
DESTIN - A car hit the front of the Infinite Lasers store on U.S. Highway 98 on Tuesday morning. The driver had a medical issue which caused her to hit some columns in front of the store next to...
View ArticleWoman says boyfriend picked up girl by arm
FORT WALTON BEACH – A man was arrested on a variety of charges after an incident involving his girlfriend and her daughter, lawmen say. On July 8 a Fort Walton Beach woman told Okaloosa County...
View ArticleLong pauses at stop signs arouse deputy's suspicions
FORT WALTON BEACH – A local woman is in hot water after an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputy noticed she was taking a long time at stop signs, pulled her over and discovered drugs in her car. The...
View ArticleReport: Man with no license found driving rental car with drugs
NICEVILLE – A local man was arrested after he was found driving a rental car he hadn’t rented, and had drugs in his possession. Niceville Police pulled over 38-year-old Juan Carlos Rejo-Bautista for...
View ArticleMan charged after kicking out FHP, Sheriff's Office vehicle windshields
CRESTVIEW — A 28-year-old man was arrested Tuesday after damaging two law enforcement vehicles then leaving the scene. Brian Robert Rossel is accused of kicking the windshield out of a Florida Highway...
View ArticleLETTER: Like it or not
Our criminal justice system is what it is. Like it or not, it is our system. Now that the George Zimmerman trial is over and the verdict is in, all of a sudden our president decides to not remain...
View ArticleLETTER: Race relations
As a person who is both the Okaloosa County Democratic state committeeman and a courier for a major company, I have unique view of race relations in our area. While delivering packages to thousands of...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: 'I'm going to beat the adversity'
When Clay Dyer vacationed recently in Destin, he dispensed the kind of advice you would expect from someone who’s not only a professional fisherman but also a motivational speaker with a traveling...
View ArticleTwo people knocked off trestle when train passes
CRESTVIEW — Two people misjudged the speed of an approaching train Tuesday afternoon and were knocked off a trestle over the Yellow River, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office. Four...
View ArticleTropical Storm Dorian forms in east Atlantic
MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say Tropical Storm Dorian is moving across the eastern Atlantic and remains far from land. The storm's maximum sustained winds Wednesday were near 50 mph (85 kph). The U.S....
View ArticleMan sentenced to 25 years for bank robbery
FORT WALTON BEACH — A man was sentenced to 25 years in the Department of Corrections after pleading no contest to armed robbery with a firearm, obtaining a driver’s license by fraud, and making a...
View ArticleNavarre Fall Arts Festival seeks artists, crafters
NAVARRE — The Eighth Annual Navarre Fall Arts Festival is Sept. 28 and 29 in Navarre Park on U.S. 98. Organizers are seeking artists, fine crafters and other local artisans who wish to show and sell....
View ArticleGlass show, sale Aug. 3, 4 in Pensacola
PENSACOLA — Looking Glass Productions presents the 5th annual Pensacola Looking Glass Show & Sale 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 3 and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Aug. 4 at the Pensacola Interstate Fairgrounds, 6655 W....
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