Air Force lieutenant colonel arrested for child abuse
NICEVILLE — A lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force was arrested Saturday and charged with several counts of child abuse toward his two adopted children. Dennis E. Jack, 41, was arrested two weeks...
View ArticleGulf Breeze man faces sex abuse charges
A 38-year-old Gulf Breeze man is facing numerous sexual abuse charges after his alleged victims came forward. Harold Mitchell Merchant was arrested last week and charged with 15 felonies following an...
View Article2012 Christmas Lights map
The NWF Daily News is looking for lights. So if the house down the street is blinding you with their display or if you've shocked yourself one too many times trying to get the lights to glow - we want...
View ArticlePlane crashes after leaving Destin for Indiana, four dead
GREENSBURG, Ind. — Two southeastern Indiana couples were killed when their plane crashed while approaching their small hometown airport in foggy, misty conditions, authorities said Monday. The crash...
View ArticleLongtime area volunteer Doris Berg passes away
Doris Berg died knowing she made an impact in her community. The 87-year-old Poquito Bayou woman passed away Nov. 29 in her home, but her memory and volunteer efforts will live on in the people she...
View ArticleCurry to retire by October 2013 (DOCUMENT)
Okaloosa County Administrator Jim Curry will brief county commissioners Tuesday on his upcoming retirement. Curry, who has worked for the county for 35 years, entered the Florida Deferred Retirement...
View ArticleBell ringer is ‘here to entertain’ (VIDEO)
FORT WALTON BEACH — You’ll hear Marsha Bridgewater before you ever see her. Her bell ringing changes every few minutes, but anyone in the parking lot of Publix off of Eglin Parkway knows where the...
View ArticleState defense grants coming this way (DOCUMENT)
Okaloosa and Santa Rosa county officials learned Monday they’d received hundreds of thousands of dollars in state defense infrastructure grants. “That’s phenomenal,” Okaloosa County Administrator Jim...
View ArticleDriver on cell phone causes six-car pileup
CRESTVIEW — A woman looking at her cell phone while driving caused a six-car pileup on State Road 85 Monday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The woman, a baby in the car with her,...
View ArticleMother bear euthanized after capture
A female black bear that had grown reliant on human-provided food and brazen in her efforts to obtain it has been euthanized by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Two cubs, both...
View ArticleAir Force EOD Tech Sgt. charged in rape
FORT WALTON BEACH — A 34-year-old man serving as a technical sergeant with the Air Force has been charged with breaking into a home and raping a woman early Sunday morning. Tech Sgt. Adam Blake...
View ArticleFort Walton Beach Christmas Parade (SLIDESHOW)
Thousands of spectators lined Eglin Parkway Monday evening to watch the annual Fort Walton Beach Chirstmas parade from First Street to the Kmart shopping center. Click here to see a slideshow from the...
View ArticleMan looking for place to sleep is taken to jail
CRESTVIEW - A man found sleeping in bushes next to a fast-food restaurant was taken to jail after lawmen learned he had an active warrant for his arrest. On Nov. 21 a Crestview Police officer was...
View ArticleWoman busted for clobbering man
CRESTVIEW - A woman laid into a man who tried to remove a necklace from her neck, according to a Crestview Police Department arrest report. The incident allegedly took place Nov. 7. Information is...
View ArticleDrunk woman goes on cursing, kicking rampage
CRESTVIEW - A 22-year-old Crestview woman was arrested after going on a cursing, kicking rampage at a local hospital. The incident began early in the morning of Nov. 21 when Crestview Police officers...
View ArticleUSC's Barkley named Wuerffel Trophy winner
To the surprise of no one, USC quarterback Matt Barkley is on track to be a top pick in April’s NFL Draft. To Barkley’s surprise, he has also been chosen as the top pick of eight finalists for the...
View ArticleLETTER: Sanctuary regions
It is apparent that this once-great country is moving away from a constitutional republic and embracing a European-style socialist state. Rapidly, we are being transformed from a nation of...
View ArticleLETTER: Shut up and leave
Several times now, both locally and nationally, because President Obama won the election, I have heard so-called Americans talk about their state (such as Florida) seceding from the United States....
View ArticleSTEVE CHAPMAN: Higher taxes could actually shrink government
It comes as no surprise to hear anti-tax activist Grover Norquist talk about tax cuts, but it does come as a surprise to hear him raise the subject of pink unicorns. Pink unicorns are purely imaginary...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: State's sex quiz goes all the way
Have you noticed? Some politicians and public servants, mostly men, seem focused — indeed, fixated — on female physiology and sexuality and reproductive decisions. During the campaign that ended Nov....
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