Christmas storms kill 3 in Southeast
Twisters hopscotched across the Deep South on Tuesday, prompting tornado warnings and watches in several states and leaving holiday travelers in the nation’s much colder midsection battling sometimes...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Gov. Scott rethinks voting law
It looks as if Gov. Rick Scott is having second thoughts about his hard-line stance on early voting. After signing legislation that reduced early voting in Florida from 14 days to eight, and after...
View ArticleMan faces possible life sentence for attempted premeditated murder
An Alabama man faces a possible life sentence after he was found guilty of the attempted premeditated murder of his ex-wife in September 2010. Michael L. Crump, 55, was convicted Dec. 21 of attempted...
View ArticleOASIS might close without new funding
A local organization that has supported people with AIDS and HIV for more than 20 years might soon close its doors if new revenue sources are not found. Okaloosa AIDS Support & Informational...
View ArticleSafe taken from burger restaurant
Niceville Police Department is searching for a person who took a safe containing $1,200 from a restaurant early Christmas Eve. The owner of Tops Choice Hamburgers on John Sims Parkway contacted...
View ArticleStill a reason to shop
Danielle Aregood couldn’t help but laugh as she looked at her two shopping carts full of day-after Christmas goodies. “You’re going to laugh at me, but the biggest reason I came here was to get paper...
View ArticleFlu vaccine available for local veterans
EGLIN AFB - Free flu shots are available to eligible and enrolled military veterans at the Veterans Affairs health clinic at Eglin Air Force Base and other VA clinics across Northwest Florida....
View ArticleHistory of GOP to be featured a meeting
OKALOOSA ISLAND - A program on the history of the Republican Party and a humorous skit about the differences between the Democratic and Republicans parties will be featured at the meeting of the...
View ArticleTOP STORIES OF 2012: Eight local service members were killed in 2012
For eight grieving families of local military personnel, 2012 was the year that they lost fathers, brothers, sons and husbands. Six airmen and two soldiers with ties to the local area were killed in...
View Article‘Super Bears’ find new destinations (SLIDESHOW)
FORT WALTON BEACH — When Samantha Jennings and Samantha Raymor first heard of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, they were stunned like many across the nation. The two friends talked about...
View ArticleSpokesman: George H.W. Bush in intensive care
HOUSTON (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush has been admitted to the intensive care unit at a Houston hospital "following a series of setbacks including a persistent fever," but he is alert and...
View ArticleUS economy could handle short fall over 'cliff'
WASHINGTON (AP) — The economic threat that's kept many Americans on edge for months is nearing reality — unless the White House and Republicans cut a budget deal by New Year's Day. Huge tax increases....
View ArticleLarge, powerful storm heads east; at least 6 dead
A powerful winter storm system pounded the nation's midsection Wednesday and headed toward the Northeast, where people braced for the high winds and heavy snow that disrupted holiday travel, knocked...
View ArticleAfter Sandy, New Jersey community studies South Walton
SEASIDE — This small Florida town located between Destin and Panama City looks a lot like Cape May, N.J., and Cape May Point with its mix of Victorians, beach bungalows and homes with gingerbread...
View ArticleMan charged with sexual assault
NAVARRE - A 28-year-old man has been charged with 20 counts of sexual assault on someone 16 or 17 years old. Louis Edward Kennelly of Navarre was arrested Dec. 21 after the alleged victim told...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: A child left his mark on this world
The story is so familiar that even those who call themselves Christians may not quite appreciate the utter improbability of it all. The Savior of the World, God become man, entered this world in a...
View Article'Don't Tase me'
CRESTVIEW - A man was arrested after a Crestview Police officer found him sleeping in a car with a stolen registration, then found prescription pills in the car. On Dec. 6 the officer was asked to...
View Article'I want to put you in a gas chamber where you belong'
CRESTVIEW - A drunk man who was harassing customers at a South Ferdon Boulevard fast food eatery called a Crestview Police officer a "f------ Jew" and said he wanted to put the officer in a gas...
View ArticleReport: Trespasser helped himself to clothes, didn't pay
CRESTVIEW - A man was arrested after he went into a discount store - after being warned to stay away - and took clothes without paying for them, according to an arrest report. On Dec. 7 the man was...
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