FORT WALTON BEACH — No Okaloosa County parks have potentially hazardous bathing water, the Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa County stated March 7.
Only Garniers Park, Fort Walton Beach, has…
BROADHEAD: God holds the key to your self-made prison
Say to those with a fearful heart, “Be strong, do not fear! Here is your God. He will come with vengeance, with terrible recompense. He will come and save you.
“Then the eyes of the blind shall be …
State seeks death penalty for Crestview man
The state will seek the death penalty in the case against Jacob Rex Langston, William Eddins, State Attorney for the First Judicial Circuit, announced today.
On Feb. 12, an Okaloosa County grand ju…
Child abuse prevention 5K walk scheduled in Crestview
CRESTVIEW — The Exchange Club of Crestview’s annual Believe in the Blue 5K is 8:30 a.m. Saturday April 16 at Bob Sikes Elementary School, 425 Adams Drive, Crestview.
Sponsors are wanted for the eve…
University of Florida scientists closer to algae-biofuel conversion
GAINESVILLE — University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers may have found a key to converting algae to fuel.
The scientists have found what researchers call a “tran…
Shoal River, Crestview High students fight tobacco use
FORT WALTON BEACH — Okaloosa County’s Students Working Against Tobacco are speaking up and taking action against the tobacco industry for the 21st annual Kick Butts Day on March 16.
This national d…
UPDATE: Crestview man no longer missing; found in Texas
CRESTVIEW — Brandon Bess has been located in Texas, according to Crestview Police Department.
The 30-year-old man had been missing since Sunday morning when he left his home on Antioch Road.
Andr…
Baker man charged with cruelty to animals
A Baker man has been charged in the death of his dog, which he said he shot in anger because she was a nuisance.
Nicholas Clay Adams, 37, was charged with cruelty to animals and arrested March 7.
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HAPPENING NOW: Former carnival worker locks himself in Dollar Tree restroom
CRESTVIEW — A former carnival worker has been arrested and charged with criminal mischief after locking himself in the Crestview Dollar Tree bathroom around 10:15 a.m. Wednesday.
Crestview Police a…
Errors costly as Baker's baseball team falls to Chipley
BAKER — Nothing seemed to go right for Baker School’s baseball team in Tuesday’s District 3-1A game with Chipley.
The Gator defense was porous. The Gator offense struggled. And Baker base runners h…