EOD School Graduates First Students from Albania, St. Vincent and the...
The first students from Albania, the Peruvian navy and the island chain of St. Vincent and the Grenadines graduated from the Naval School of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (NAVSCOLEOD) receiving their...
View ArticlePrayer Breakfast calls faith an ROE for success
Entering the Army Air Corps at the close of World War II as a black teenager from the segregated South with hopes of opportunity and advancement definitely required prayer. The rules of engagement on...
View Article‘Military Saves Week’ highlights personal finance issues
WASHINGTON – Defense Department officials have designated this week as “Mili-tary Saves Week” to highlight the need for military families to reduce debt and save for the future, something Pentagon...
View ArticleThe invisible enemy of the Afghanistan mountains
NATICK, Mass. — When they deploy rapidly to the mountainous regions of Afghanistan, U.S. Soldiers confront more than the enemy. At heights exceeding 8,200 feet, they must worry about the effects of...
View ArticleTeen says man spit in her face, hit her
CRESTVIEW – A man was arrested after a 16-year-old girl and her mother said he spit in the girl’s face and smacked her with his fist. On Jan. 19 an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputy responded to an...
View ArticleLawmen say man drove 100-plus in 35-mph zone
CRESTVIEW – Lawmen were looking for a man who took his girlfriend’s truck. When they found him, he fled at speeds of 100 mph in a 35-mph zone. He now faces multiple charges. On Jan. 20 a woman called...
View ArticleChik-Fil-A lurker busted for drugs
FORT WALTON BEACH – A man said he was on the premises of a fast-food restaurant because he was trying to get items that were left off his order earlier that day. Unless those items were in other...
View ArticleDog show draws international entries (GALLERY)
FORT WALTON BEACH — The Okaloosa Kennel Club is holding its annual dog show today and tomorrow at the C.H. "Bull" Rigdon Fairgrounds. This year's show features along side it, the Tibetan Spaniel...
View ArticleMan gets 25 years for meth trafficking
CRESTVIEW — Kenneth Ben Williams will spend 25 years in prison for trafficking methamphetamine. Williams, who was sentenced Thursday, was arrested June 25, 2012, with more than 200 grams of meth after...
View ArticleMatt Gaetz: Legislature to debate health care, self-defense
FORT WALTON BEACH — Even politicians are getting upset about Washington’s inability to prevent $85 billion in spending cuts. With sequestration taking effect March 1, state Rep. Matt Gaetz voiced his...
View ArticleSanta Rosa to advertise sale of industrial park land
MILTON — Santa Rosa County commissioners decided to move forward Thursday with plans to lure a distribution company to bring hundreds of jobs to the county. Commissioners voted unanimously to...
View Article'Love is really close': What scouting is all about
FORT WALTON BEACH — Girl Scout Troop 306 raises money for different causes every year. The girls have donated to local firefighters and paramedics, Children in Crisis, the military and Pyramid Inc.,...
View Article'Your life is not what it was yesterday'
FORT WALTON BEACH — Patrick O’Neill can remember when he drove himself to school, spoke articulately and walked without help. Those days are long gone. O’Neill was hit by a drunken driver in 1972....
View ArticleOkaloosa could sue advertising firms over Bellinger’s thefts
As Okaloosa County commissioners begin trying to recoup many of Mark Bellinger’s questionable purchases, they have not ruled out legal action against Lewis Communications and The Zimmerman Agency....
View ArticleF-35s cleared to resume flights
EGLIN AFB — The three variants of the F-35 fighter jet have been cleared to fly again. The 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin Air Force Base received word from the F-35 Joint Program Office on Thursday...
View ArticleAmended ethics bill questioned
An Okaloosa County commissioner and local tea party leader wonder if language added recently to a state Senate ethics bill essentially neuters what has been called groundbreaking legislation. “The...
View ArticleShelter closes as river starts to recede
BRUCE - The emergency shelter at Bruce United Methodist Church has closed as the Choctawhatchee River began to recede Thursday afternoon, according to the Walton County Sheriff's Office. No one had...
View ArticleFlooding still has some roads closed
Several roads in the area still were impassable Thursday from recent flooding. The following roads were closed in Okaloosa County: Old Dorcas Road at the Shoal River, County Line Road from County Road...
View ArticlePolice to offer child safety seat check
CRESTVIEW - The Police Department will offer a free child safety seat inspection March 16. The inspections will be in the parking lot of the Crestview police station at 201 Stillwell Blvd. Child...
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