Eglin conducts prescribed burn (SLIDESHOW)
Eglin's Jackson Guard burned 2,000 acres of prescribed woodlands on the west side of State Road 123 in Okaloosa County. View a slideshow by Daily News photographer Nick Tomecek.
View ArticleHelen Back owner to be honored at Pentagon
Helen Back owner Chris Sehman was asked recently if his bar would host a fundraiser for an EOD technician who had been severely injured. Sehman’s response, like it is to so many other requests for...
View ArticleMatt Gaetz spars with League of Women Voters (SLIDESHOW)
FORT WALTON BEACH — For 50 years, the League of Women Voters of Okaloosa County has been holding political feet to the fire. It was Republican state Rep. Matt Gaetz’s turn Tuesday to face a group that...
View ArticleShalimar students shine in national math contest
SHALIMAR — Some students at Shalimar Elementary School were skeptical when their teacher told them they were competing in a math contest. Then the fifth-graders tried the online program and ended up...
View ArticleScientists say U.S. was 'off the charts' hot in 2012
WASHINGTON — America set an off-the-charts heat record in 2012. A brutal combination of a widespread drought and a mostly absent winter pushed the average annual U.S. temperature last year up to 55.32...
View ArticleMinor injuries reported in rollover wreck (SLIDESHOW)
EGLIN AFB — A vehicle overturned in front of the Air Force Armament Museum late Tuesday afternoon. The wreck occurred about 4:15 p.m. near the intersection of State Road 85 and Lewis Turner Boulevard....
View ArticleMan injured in fire; police investigating cause
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — A man was hospitalized after a suspicious fire destroyed the house he was in Tuesday afternoon. A single-story home at 141 Morris Drive caught fire about 12:40 p.m., according to...
View ArticleFire destroys kitchen of home; no one hurt
SHALIMAR — A short in an electrical outlet destroyed the kitchen of a home Tuesday evening, according to Robert Hall, battalion chief for the Ocean City-Wright Fire Department. The fire was reported...
View ArticleNWF State men, women to host top 10 showdowns
NICEVILLE – Realistically, tonight’s home game against the top-ranked team in the country is just the second game in a 12-game Panhandle Conference marathon for the Northwest Florida State Raiders,...
View ArticleBig dreams: Choctaw grad chasing NFL aspirations
FORT WALTON BEACH – From his outsized personality to his 6-foot-8, 335-pound frame, nearly everything about Choctaw graduate Terren Jones is big. And so are his dreams. Four years ago, Jones was a...
View ArticleTeacher reprimanded, transferred after sexual harassment complaints
Sexual harassment accusations against a high school math teacher have been confirmed following a school district investigation. John Fowler, who initially was accused of making inappropriate comments...
View ArticleKATHLEEN PARKER: Learn Spanish, GOP, if you want to survive
WASHINGTON — The new year has begun with an avalanche of Republican retrospectives: What went wrong? What must the GOP do? Attempting to navigate my own thoughts, I keep bumping into advice my father...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: An unlikely fight over the bed tax
Who would’ve thought that one of the issues looming large over Okaloosa County in the new year, an issue that has already provoked a surprising amount of squabbling, would be the bed tax? The bed tax,...
View ArticleCrestview driver charged for rear-ending bus
A Crestview man was charged with careless driving for hitting the back of a school bus that was loaded with students heading for a basketball game. No one was injured in the Tuesday evening accident...
View ArticleMosquito-borne disease alert lifted
The Walton County Health Department has lifted its mosquito-borne disease alert, according to a news release issued Tuesday. Walton County had four reported cases of West Nile virus since last...
View ArticlePolice: Burned man may have been making meth when home caught fire
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — Police suspect the fire that injured a man Tuesday afternoon may have started while he was trying to manufacture methamphetamine. Timothy M. Herring, 35, suffered severe burns to...
View ArticleWoman attacks during drive home from Christmas party
CRESTVIEW - A woman launched an attack against her husband as they were driving home from a Christmas party, according to an Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office arrest report. On Dec. 23 the two were...
View ArticleWoman's bizarre behavior culminates in attack, road rage
LAUREL HILL - A woman went on a Christmas Eve rampage in which she punched her husband, smashed a piece of steel into his van, and began "driving crazy" and trying to run him off the road when he...
View ArticleThat 'is how I like it and I think I look better that way'
FORT WALTON BEACH - A man found sitting in a car parked behind a closed business with his clothes in disarray has been charged with loitering or prowling. On Dec. 22 an Okaloosa County Sheriff's...
View ArticleLead paint to hike cost of Navarre Beach Bridge work
NAVARRE — The cost to renovate the Navarre Beach Bridge has increased after “action levels” of lead were found in the span’s paint. An action level is an Environmental Protection Agency designation...
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