NYC iPhone owner tricks thief using dating app
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City musician used a combination of technology, seduction, brute force and a bribe to reclaim his missing iPhone from a confused crook. Jazz trombonist Nadav Nirenberg...
View ArticleCat used in Brazil prison smuggling try
SAO PAULO (AP) — Guards thought there was something suspicious about a little white cat slipping through a prison gate in northeastern Brazil. A prison official says that when they caught the animal,...
View ArticleSome gun shows canceling after Conn. mass shooting
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — Several gun shows, all about an hour's drive from Newtown, Conn., have been canceled. A show in White Plains, N.Y. — brought back a few years ago after being called off...
View ArticleFire destroys house; no injuries reported
FREEPORT - A fire destroyed a home on Cypress Street Saturday morning, according to Walton County Fire Rescue. The residents were not at home and no one was injured. A neighbor reported the fire must...
View ArticleDetour set for South Bay Grove Road
FREEPORT - Crews from Anderson Columbia will close a section of South Bay Grove Road in Walton County on Monday for drainage work, according to the state Department of Transportation. Signs will be...
View ArticlePat Oravetz named All Sports Association's Special Olympian
With descriptions ranging from infectious to heartwarming, Pat Oravetz’s ear-to-ear smile is renowned around the Emerald Coast. Some could even describe it as award-winning, which would fit the bill...
View ArticleActivities planned to honor Martin Luther King
FORT WALTON BEACH — The Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee will present three events this month to honor the civil rights icon. This year’s theme is “Living the Legacy.” The celebration...
View ArticleDestin shooting range proposal dead
DESTIN — A “For Sale” sign is up again at the abandoned Club Overboard/Twisted Palm building on U.S. Highway 98. “ … the deal is now dead,” local developer Damon Becnel said in a text message. The...
View ArticleLaurel Hill to plan for proposed dissolution
LAUREL HILL— Officials on Tuesday will move toward placing an ordinance dissolving the city on an election ballot in 2014. Two items on the meeting agenda pertain to the ordinance that would allow...
View ArticleNew hospital CEO likes what he sees
FORT WALTON BEACH — Mitch Mongell has spent much of the past 25 years along Florida’s eastern seaboard. If the new chief executive officer of Fort Walton Beach Medical Center has his way, he’ll spend...
View ArticleNew application filed for Landmark Center
FORT WALTON BEACH — Ft. Walton Development Partners has submitted an application for a new development agreement with the city for the Landmark Center. The first of two public hearings on the...
View Article'World guy' walks for diabetes awareness (VIDEO, SLIDESHOW)
NICEVILLE — On Sunday a 50-year-old man from Kentucky and his dog had the world on a string and were rolling it down State Road 85. Erik Bendl and Nice the Dog pushed their world – an inflatable ball...
View ArticleLETTER: Save the program
I’m disgusted with our commissioners for letting a bunch of whiners, who hadn’t tried the test recycling program, sway their opinion. I will not vote for any of the commissioners again if they are too...
View ArticleLETTER: D.C. dysfunction
It seems that a lot of people who write letters to the editor or spout off in the Spout Off column just don’t understand how our government works. As a Republican, I may not agree with a lot of things...
View ArticleKATHLEEN PARKER: Clots and plots tie Hillary's critics into knots
WASHINGTON — The new year began not with a cannonball off the fiscal cliff but with an outbreak of conspiratorial cynicism. This time it’s Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, whose fall and...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Privacy, the press and gun owners
Sound familiar? A New York state newspaper called the Journal News stirred controversy last month by publishing online maps with the names and addresses of handgun permit holders in Rockland and...
View ArticleLocal Faith briefs for Jan. 5
Submissions: Email items about special church events for the Faith section to: faith@nwfdailynews.com. Photos should be high-resolution jpeg attachments. Items must be submitted at least a week before...
View ArticleJazz reopens in Niceville, Barbershop has new owners
JAZZ For long-time vinyl and CD collectors, the opening of Ed Smith’s Jazz might feel like the return of a long-lost friend. Jazz could once be found in Shoreline Village and then in Uptown Station....
View ArticleDOT to host meeting on U.S. 98 widening
DESTIN — Residents can get a look at the state’s long-range plans to widen U.S. Highway 98 at a meeting Thursday at Village Baptist Church. “I know there are some folks in Destin who want to know...
View ArticleSanta Rosa to start search for economic director (DOCUMENT)
MILTON — Santa Rosa County officials are expected to start a nationwide search for a new economic development director by the end of the week. County Commissioners on Monday briefly discussed signing...
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