Okaloosa to file suit against Vision Airlines this week
An attorney representing Okaloosa County plans to file a lawsuit later this week against Vision Airlines to recoup more than $146,000 in unpaid fees. Last month, the Okaloosa County Commission voted...
View ArticleDestin man convicted in burglary, battery
FORT WALTON BEACH — A 41-year-old man has been found guilty of breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s home in Destin while she was sleeping and battering her. Robert Ernie Petty, who lives in Destin, was...
View ArticleYoung man charged with having sex with 13-year-old
FREEPORT — A 19-year-old man has been charged with having sex with a 13-year-old girl, according to an arrest report from the Walton County Sheriff’s Office. Justin Kelly, who lives in Freeport, was...
View ArticleSchool board votes to fund officers
The Okaloosa County School Board voted 4-1 Monday to approve spending more than $500,000 to keep school resource officers in every elementary school. School board member Melissa Thrush opposed the...
View ArticleNew Activities Center opens at NWF State
NICEVILLE — Northwest Florida State College will host a grand opening and open house Wednesday at its new Activities Center. The event, which is open to the public, will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. The...
View ArticleCounty accepting applications for TDC opening (DOCUMENT)
An open seat on the Okaloosa County Tourist Development Council is generating high interest among local business owners. “I had some folks who immediately applied,” said Dan O’Byrne, director of the...
View ArticleWWII Vet shares his stories: 'It was like I was in ‘Alice in Wonderland,’...
FORT WALTON BEACH — Charles Coons’ stories sound like the stuff of movies but, to him, they are memories. The World War II Army Air Corps veteran can still remember vivid details of his wartime...
View ArticleDrunk woman fights two others over baby
FORT WALTON BEACH - A "highly intoxicated" woman was arrested after she allegedly attacked two other people in an argument over a baby. On Jan. 1 an Okaloosa County Sheriff's deputy went to a Canopy...
View ArticleMan seen in 'mutual combat' with several other men
DESTIN - A man was arrested after he was observed fighting a group of other people behind a gas station. On Jan. 1 an Okaloosa County Sheriff's deputy went to a Harbor Boulevard gas station and saw a...
View Article'I'm going to break your neck!'
NICEVILLE - A 44-year-old Georgia man was arrested after he threatened to break his mother's neck, according to an arrest report. On Dec. 31 an Okaloosa County Sheriff's deputy went to a Windsong...
View Article'Adult cabaret' planned in Destin
DESTIN — Veterinarian Kelly Haeusler was surprised last week when she discovered the lot next to her Airport Road clinic had sold the year before for about $150,000 more than its appraised value. Her...
View ArticleJuveniles charged with middle school burglary
FORT WALTON BEACH — Two juveniles have been arrested after allegedly burglarizing Pryor Middle School last month. The two youths went into the school, damaging several windows and doors in the...
View ArticleLETTER: First things first
Sheriff Larry Ashley should take a hard look at priorities without increasing the cost to taxpayers for his department. Harassing massage parlors and ladies of the evening might make for newspaper...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Widening U.S. 98 for the future
Traffic planners and road builders may have one-track minds, but at least it’s the right track. Speaking last week at an informational meeting on plans to widen U.S. Highway 98, Ian Satter of the...
View ArticleFour juveniles arrested on Navarre Beach
Four juveniles were arrested Sunday night after Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to reports of suspicious activity on Gulf Boulevard on Navarre Beach. Deputies contacted the...
View ArticleMen charged with loitering, possession of burglary tools
CRESTVIEW -- An Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputy who stopped to investigate a truck parked at a vacant address early Tuesday morning discovered two men with bolt cutters, gloves and...
View ArticleBear thumps birdfeeders, scares homeowner
NICEVILLE — In the more than 20 years David Miller has lived in the Cedar Ridge neighborhood, he has seen every type of wildlife except bears. That changed Sunday night when the thumping noise he...
View ArticleObama weighing executive action on guns
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing powerful opposition to sweeping gun regulations, President Barack Obama is weighing 19 steps he could take through executive action alone, congressional officials said. But...
View ArticleFormer Florosa Principal James Hill dies
James L. Hill, one of the first black principals in Okaloosa County, died Jan. 8 at the age of 87. Hill, a veteran of World War II, retired as a colonel from the Army Reserve in 1981. A longtime...
View ArticleMatt Gaetz continues fight to end ethanol mandate
Last year state Rep. Matt Gaetz was able to neuter but not kill a state requirement that Florida service stations pump only gasoline containing ethanol. His fellow lawmakers refused to take the 2008...
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