OASIS still facing funding crisis
FORT WALTON BEACH — Supporters have pledged more than $20,000 in donations to the struggling Okaloosa AIDS Support and Informational Service. The agency, which has served local AIDS and HIV patients...
View ArticleParade celebrates the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
FORT WALTON BEACH — Elaine Anderson can still remember hearing the voice of Martin Luther King Jr. on her television. She still recalls how she felt in 1969 when she was integrated into an...
View ArticleDaily News editor selected to serve on state arts council
FORT WALTON BEACH— The entertainment editor at the Daily News will help encourage arts appreciation on a whole new level beginning in March. Brenda Shoffner was appointed Friday by Sen. Don Gaetz to...
View ArticleWalton commissioners may choose county administrator on Tuesday
The last time Walton County commissioners selected a county administrator, their pick made it just over a year before being shown the door. On Tuesday the county commission will try again, and its...
View ArticleFWB Council to discuss Landmark Center
FORT WALTON BEACH — The developers of the upscale Landmark Center might have their last chance to seek approval for the project at today’s City Council meeting, and already it’s off to a bad start....
View ArticleArea soccer teams take aim at district championships
In his 12 years at Niceville, head coach Wes Nelson contends that he has never seen this measure of parity in district play. Enough, however, to knock Niceville from its district championship mantle,...
View ArticleUPDATE: Woman still missing, car found on bridge
NICEVILLE — As of Tuesday morning, the 60-year-old woman reported missing has not be found and the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help in locating her. Shigeko M. Freeman was last seen...
View ArticleLETTER: Beach nonsense
I am a long-distance swimmer who swims the Destin coast year-round. Depending on tidal conditions, shore erosion, algae and seaweed, it is frequently not possible or desirable to swim within 300 feet...
View ArticleLETTER: Pooped in Destin
We have been visiting Destin for the past four years. Why do we see dog waste everywhere? Is there not a law to stoop and scoop (no posted signs are visible)? Do owners not care? Dog waste is a public...
View ArticleSTEVE CHAPMAN: Obama's gun plan: What'll work and what won't
Political trends come and go in response to events. Gun control was the rage during the Clinton administration, but over the past decade or so it became an obsolete cause. However, after the horrific...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Caution: Toll roads ahead
When the secretary of the state Department of Transportation spoke last week to a symposium on Okaloosa Island, he pitched two ideas for funding road work amid declining revenue from gasoline taxes....
View ArticleSchool bus involved in morning wreck
MILTON — A school bus with students on board was involved in a wreck Tuesday morning on Interstate 10. Frances L. Davis was driving a 1995 Honda Accord heading eastbound on I-10 just before Ward Basin...
View ArticleSeaside School could add elementary, high school grades
SEASIDE — High school students in Walton County soon might have another educational option. Seaside Neighborhood School is considering adding grades 10, 11 and 12, according to Cathy Brubaker,...
View ArticleMan's elbow to woman's face gets him arrested
CRESTVIEW - A Holt man faces a battery charge after he allegedly elbowed his ex-girlfriend in the face. On Jan. 7 the man was moving out of the girl's mother's residence after they ended their...
View ArticleLawmen believe son, not Christmas decorations, caused woman's black eye
DESTIN - A 20-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly struck his mother in the eye, lawmen say. On Jan. 7 a deputy went to a Paradise Isle residence to check out a report of a disturbance. He...
View ArticleWoman 'prodding' at dad with knife gets her a trip to jail
NICEVILLE - A woman who was angry because her father wouldn't let her see her boyfriend was charged with battery after she threatened her father with a butcher knife, according to an arrest report. On...
View ArticleCharlotte official first choice for Walton County administrator
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — Robert Halfhill, the public works director for Charlotte County, is Walton County’s first choice to serve as county administrator. Halfhill, a retired Marine who previously worked...
View ArticleJay Odom indicted for campaign contribution violations
A federal grand jury has indicted developer and Destin resident Jay Odom on two counts of violating campaign contribution laws. Read a copy of the indictment. >> Odom, 56, is charged with...
View ArticleSanta Rosa approves arena (DOCUMENT)
MILTON — After years of planning and months of discussion, Santa Rosa County Commissioner Bob Cole did not want to wait two days a covered arena in his district to be approved. After a 40-minute...
View ArticleOkaloosa approves extra funding for deputies (SLIDESHOW)
FORT WALTON BEACH — Okaloosa County commissioners have agreed to help Sheriff Larry Ashley fill vacancies created when he pulled 26 deputies from other units and placed them in local elementary...
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