Police search for Milton drive-by shooting suspects
MILTON — Police are searching for two suspects after a drive-by shooting Sunday morning. The victim was uninjured, dropping to the ground when shots were fired. Police responded to a call about the...
View ArticleNo bombs found after threat at Destin Library
A 37-year-old man was arrested and charged with making a bomb threat at the Destin Library Monday afternoon. The library was evacuated, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. Dogs searched...
View ArticleAir Force OKs F-35 training school at Eglin
EGLIN AFB — The Air Force on Monday gave their F-35 training school the go-ahead to officially open its doors to teach pilots how to fly the military’s newest stealth fighter jet. Gen. Edward Rice,...
View ArticleWill Okaloosa pursue legal action against Vision Airlines?
Okaloosa County Commissioners will decide today if the county should file legal action against Vision Airlines for not repaying more than $140,000 in fees and fines to Northwest Florida Regional...
View ArticleCox restoring email service after weekend disruption
Cox Communications customers who use the cable company’s email service heard the welcome ding of new emails arriving Monday morning after a nearly four-day outage. Cox started to receive calls...
View ArticleBird counting: a Christmas tradition, for some
A reasonable person might consider it a bad omen to have an opossum be the first critter sighted at an annual Christmas bird count. But reasonable people aren’t standing in the middle of a...
View ArticleSchool put on lockdown; 'weapon' was a marker
CRESTVIEW -- Northwood Elementary School was put on lock-down after it was reported that a student was armed Monday afternoon, according to police. About 1:45 p.m. Crestview police officers were...
View ArticleYoung man taunts mom's boyfriend to fight, punches him in face
FORT WALTON BEACH - An 18-year-old who taunted his mother's boyfriend, then punched him in the face, has been arrested by Fort Walton Beach Police. On Dec. 7 the two men got into an argument, the...
View ArticleWoman accused of kicking in ex-boyfriend's front door
FORT WALTON BEACH - A 33-year-old Fort Walton Beach woman was charged with criminal mischief after she allegedly kicked in the front door at her ex-boyfriend's house. On Dec. 2 Fort Walton Beach...
View Article'Both parties sustained multiple injuries'
NICEVILLE - A man and woman got into a fight that left both with multiple injuries, according to a Niceville Police Department arrest report. On Nov. 29 the two began arguing, and the dispute became...
View ArticleLETTER: Serious changes
I was stunned to hear the president say Sunday night he had visited the sites of four shooting massacres during his presidency. I think we should all agree with him, regardless of our politics, that...
View ArticleLETTER: Pay up, gun owners
Heck of a job, National Rifle Association. I’m all for the Second Amendment. But all rights come with responsibilities. Those who want handguns, assault weapons and high-volume bullet-dispensing...
View ArticleSTEVEN CHAPMAN: Think Hillary is a safe bet for 2016? Think again
The votes have been cast, the count has been completed, and we all know the winner of the presidential election. So now it’s just a matter of letting the Electoral College meet to make the outcome...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Debating deep cuts in defense
One of the frustrating things about sequestration — the term applied to automatic cuts of $500 billion from defense and $500 billion from other government spending — is that it wasn’t supposed to...
View ArticleDevelopment would bring indoor shooting/archery range
DESTIN - Local developer Damon Becnel plans to breathe life into the long-abandoned Club Overboard/Twisted Palm building on U.S. Highway 98 with his Family Hunt Club concept, which includes an indoor...
View ArticleTwo sent to hospital from Tuesday afternoon crash
A vehicle accident crash on U.S. Highway 98 at Santa Rosa Boulevard sent two to the hospital and backed up traffic Tuesday afternoon. Michael W. Davis, 50, of Crestview, was driving a 2007 Suzi...
View ArticleClasses resuming in Newtown, minus Sandy Hook
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Newtown returned its students to their classrooms Tuesday for the first time since last week's massacre and faced the agonizing task of laying others to rest, as this grieving...
View ArticleLocal woman organizing vigil for Connecticut shooting victims
OKALOOSA ISLAND — A Fort Walton Beach woman is helping to organize a candlelight vigil Saturday in remembrance of the shooting victims at the Sandy Hook Elementary School The vigil will be from 6 to 8...
View ArticleFort Walton Beach man spent 2,233 days as a POW (SLIDESHOW)
FORT WALTON BEACH — David Gray Jr. has no problem recalling, day for day, the time he spent in North Vietnamese prison camps. The total is 2,233, and the Fort Walton Beach resident once cussed an Air...
View ArticleOkaloosa agrees to sue Vision Airlines for unpaid fees
FORT WALTON BEACH—Okaloosa County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to sue Vision Airlines to recoup more than $146,000 in unpaid fees. The board authorized Airports Director Greg Donovan to...
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