Gingerbread home for the holidays (SLIDESHOW)
Wright Elementary School students made gingerbread houses for the holidays. View a slideshow of their efforts.
View ArticleObama, Boehner clash as cliff edge approaches
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fiscal cliff talks at a partisan standoff, President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner swapped barbed political charges on Wednesday yet carefully left room for further...
View ArticleMan convicted of robbing 85-year-old
A 38-year-old Fort Walton Beach man was convicted Tuesday of robbery with a deadly weapon and aggravated assault on a person over 65 years old, according to the State Attorney’s Office. On May 1,...
View ArticleMen charged with breaking into home
DEFUNIAK SPRINGS - Two men have been arrested for allegedly breaking into a home on County Highway 1883 early Sunday and terrorizing its residents. William Howard Curry, 25, of Ponce De Leon and Shawn...
View ArticleMan arrested for burglary
DEFUNIAK SPRINGS - A 32-year-old man was arrested Wednesday morning after residents of a home on North 12th Street called DeFuniak Springs police when they heard someone trying to enter their home...
View ArticleNo one injured in house fire
CRESTVIEW — No one was injured during a house fire near Twin Hills Park. The house, at 556 N. Hathaway St., received severe damage. "No one was home at the time," Crestview Fire Department Battalion...
View ArticleState Dept security chief resigns after Benghazi
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three State Department officials resigned under pressure Wednesday, less than a day after a damning report blamed management failures for a lack of security at the U.S. diplomatic...
View ArticleChild hospitalized after hit by car
SANTA ROSA BEACH - An 8-year-old Santa Rosa Beach child was airlifted to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola after being run over by a car at La Canosa Boulevard and San Jose Drive on Wednesday...
View ArticleReported sex assaults spike at military academies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Reported sexual assaults at the nation's three military academies jumped by 23 percent overall this year, but the data signaled a continued reluctance by victims to seek criminal...
View ArticleMan accused of using deputy as spittoon
DESTIN - You don't spit into the wind, and you really don't spit in a deputy's face - unless you're looking for jail time. That's what 21-year-old Cade Michael Candies of Navarre discovered on Dec. 1....
View ArticleWoman goes 'crazy,' cuts hand, punches husband, covers house in blood
LAUREL HILL - A 41-year-old Milton woman was arrested after she allegedly got drunk, went to her soon-to-be ex-husband's house, broke glass, slapped him in the face, punched him in the face, and...
View ArticleMan wearing shorts, leather jacket 'hits' on cars
SHALIMAR - A man who admitted to "hitting cars" was arrested for prowling near an apartment complex. The incident occurred early in the morning of Dec. 4. An Okaloosa County Sheriff's deputy was...
View ArticleBrenda Shoffner: Working vacation brings joys, sorrows this Christmas season
I spent two nights of my vacation last week working. One resulted in today’s cover story. The second night, I attended Ted Vigil’s Tribute to John Denver concert presented as part of the Emerald Coast...
View ArticleHilarious play creates whirlwind of Christmas cheer
SEASIDE — If the energy expended by the enthusiastic actors in Seaside Repertory Theatre’s production of “Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and then some)” were contagious, everyone in the audience...
View ArticleLETTER: Arm the teachers
We need to allow our God-given Constitution and amendments to work. We have the right to bear arms and we should be doing it. What we have right now with our “gun-free schools” is to say to all the...
View ArticleEnjoy real food at Brooks Bridge Bar-B-Que
FORT WALTON BEACH — I’ve been eating at Brooks Bridge Bar-B-Que since the days MTV played music videos, but in all those years I overlooked the barbecue – a sin of omission I vowed to correct on a...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Gun laws: New fervor, old fights
The horror that unfolded last Friday at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., has left a nation stunned, lives shattered and an old debate — gun control — suddenly re-energized. It was inevitable....
View ArticleEmpty school bus involved in minor crash
An empty school bus was involved in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday morning on Lewis Turner Boulevard. Bus driver Nancy D. Gregory, 51, of Fort Walton Beach, was turning onto Lewis Turner from Mooney...
View ArticleBluewater Christmas Boat Parade sets sail Saturday
BLUEWATER BAY — Bluewater Bay Marina will have its first Christmas Boat Parade & Decorating Contest at 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Boats will leave Bluewater Bay Marina and travel north to Nelson’s Cove,...
View ArticleDestin museum offers free admission for kids
DESTIN — During December, children and students tour the Destin History and Fishing Museum free during their holiday break from school, from Dec. 21 to New Year’s Eve. The museum has more than 60...
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