Fort Walton Beach News

Okaloosa County Sheriff Larry Ashley says consolidating the Police Department and the Sheriff's Office could be the best way for the city to shore up its finances.

Unlimited Horizons of the Emerald Coast presents Evolution or Destruction - You Choose with Intuitive Health Facilitator Lloyd Rawson from 2:30-5:30 p.m. Feb.

A mom and two kids are without a place to live after a house fire in Fort Walton Beach.

Sixteen Air Commandos from Hurlburt Field will honor our fallen heroes, one step at a time.

All City Council meetings, workshops, executive sessions and CRA Board meetings are held at the City Hall Annex, 4100 Indian Bayou Trail.

Starcade Billiards, located at 34 Eglin Pkwy SE, in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, is hosting its 8th annual Andy Grubbs Memorial Emerald Coast Open 9-ball tournament on February 18th and 19th.

HOUSE VOTES TO KEEP JEFFERSON CITY PRISON OPEN: The House on Wednesday voted unanimously to move $10 million around in the budget in an effort to keep a Jefferson County prison open, acknowledging the hardship its closure would have on the rural community.

Parts of it have been battered and bruised, devastated and destroyed but hurricanes have not defeated residents of the U.S. Gulf Coast.

A one-time announcement of special events is a free service provided by the Witness to Florida Baptist churches.

The board voted unanimously to authorize the county staff to begin negotiating a contract with the Fort Walton Beach-based company.

All City Council meetings, workshops, executive sessions and CRA Board meetings are held at the City Hall Annex, 4100 Indian Bayou Trail.

The Destin United Methodist Women will host its Ninth Annual Chocolat' Fare from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb.

Offensive coordinator Chad Lashley handed in his resignation to Fort Walton Beach Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Mike Owens and Principal Charlene Couvillon today, less than two months after acquiring the position.

A Fort Walton Beach man has been charged with Racketeering in a property rental scam.

A woman who gave her ex-boyfriend a ride to the bowling alley called for help after he called her names, spit in her face, pushed her head against a pillar and threw a glass of water at her.

Florida Highway Patrol officers investigate a crash involving a pedestrian crossing Racetrack Road Saturday night.

Nina and Duane Selph bottle and box a batch of one of their hot sauces at La Place on Eglin Parkway.

Officials with the Okaloosa County School District and the city still cannot agree how to settle their dispute over the future use of a former elementary school.

Panama City - Traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder are becoming the signature injuries of the Iraq and Afhgan wars.

The Destin Library will host a free presentation by historical researcher H. C. "Hank" Klein, a distant relative through marriage of Destin founder Leonard Destin, at 5 p.m. Feb.