Local investors buy Shalimar Pointe
SHALIMAR — It may not appear that different on the outside, but Shalimar Pointe Golf and Country Club has new life and a new owner. More than 100 Shalimar Pointe homeowners and nearby residents have...
View ArticleUWF marketing students seek chance for real-world experience
FORT WALTON BEACH — A group of students at the University of West Florida Emerald Coast hope their recent efforts to educate their peers and the community on the benefits of natural gas will be enough...
View ArticleLocal teen lands role on ‘Chicago Fire’
FORT WALTON BEACH— Cody Sullivan is an average 14-year-old. He likes to write and listen to music. What sets him apart from most of his peers is that the blond haired, blue-eyed teen has been a guest...
View ArticlePHOTO GALLERY: City and Chamber bring Christmas to the public
FORT WALTON BEACH — The City of Fort Walton Beach and the Greater Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce joined forces Thursday to bring Christmas festivities to the public. PHOTOS: View photos from...
View ArticleArmy EOD students donate toys to Airman's Attic
As the sun set Tuesday, Nov. 20, about 450 Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal students marched toward Airman’s Attic, the distribution site for toys during the holidays. Each Soldier brought a toy to...
View ArticleKnown to drink and punch, man is sought for drinking and punching
CRESTVIEW - A man who is well known to "consume alcoholic beverages and strike people for no reason" is being charged by Crestview Police with consuming alcoholic beverages and striking a person. On...
View ArticleRemembering Son Tay
Forty-two years ago, the U.S. military raided a POW camp in North Vietnam — a mission that involved training at Eglin Air Force Base. While the prisoners of war at the Son Tay camp had been moved and...
View ArticleSexual assault response team ready to help
There’s absolutely no place for sexual assault in the Air Force. That’s the clear message sent in a recent letter to Airmen from the Air Force’s top leadership. In the poignant letter, dated Nov. 16,...
View ArticleIncapacitated officer hands case to other officers; meth bust results
CRESTVIEW - A Crestview Police officer who became incapacitated during a traffic stop handed his case to other officers, who found methamphetamines and chemicals in the stopped car. On Nov. 21 the...
View ArticleSecurity forces work with troubled teens
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE (AFNS) — The 325th Security Forces Squadron continued its mission to mentor teenagers that are trying to make a positive pivot in their lives. “Cops, at this point to them, have...
View ArticleMan says his wife slugged him in the gut
CRESTVIEW - A man said his wife punched him in the stomach as he tried to call police. His wife denies the accusation. The incident allegedly occurred Nov. 22 at a Bur Oak Circle residence. The man...
View ArticleThe perfect match
Staff Sgt. Nicole Dunnam, unit deployment manager of 1st Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, is no ordinary Airman. In fact, much like a superhero, she saved a life - only she did it...
View ArticleSpouses: Making life better for each other
Hurlburt Field spouses took a trip back in time during their celebration of the 50th anniversary of the base spouse’s club at the Soundside Club on Hurlburt Field, Nov. 15. Echoing one of the original...
View ArticlePet abandonment crime on the rise
A note hastily scratched out read “Please take care of him; we don’t want him to end up at the dog pound. We just can’t afford him anymore.” The note was taped to a tiny cage resembling a prison cell....
View ArticleAirmen tee-off in golf tournament
Almost one-hundred Airmen competed in the first Airmen Appreciation Golf Tournament at Gator Lakes Golf Course on Hurlburt Field, Nov. 16. The tournament was part of the Single Airmen Program...
View ArticleHungry bears fill up on garbage before winter
Garbage — this is the root cause of bears being in the community, said Kristal Walsh, an environmental specialist with the 1st Special Operations Engineer Squadron at Hurlburt Field. Walsh routinely...
View ArticleThis is how we do
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — The other night I was driving home from work listening to the radio. A commercial came on for Mountain Dew and Jason Aldean, a popular country singer, said,...
View ArticleA time for ‘burning the boats’
DUKE FIELD — Our group and the 919th Special Operations Wing as a whole are facing challenges I haven’t seen in the 17 years I’ve been at Duke Field. I first came here during the reorganization from...
View Article'Fiddler on the Roof' coming Dec. 3 to Mattie Kelly Arts Center
NICEVILLE — The national tour of the Tony-Award winning musical, “Fiddler on the Roof,” appears at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the Mattie Kelly Arts Center at Northwest Florida State College. A...
View ArticleLETTER: Did Gaetz evolve?
Gov. Rick Scott and Senate President Don Gaetz appear to have changed their positions on Florida establishing Obamacare insurance exchanges. Now they favor it. The problem with state exchanges is that...
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