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Firefighters responding to what they thought was a man having breathing problems around 4 p.m. Tuesday, found the gentleman having a major heart attack in his vehicle at the intersection of Eglin Parkway and ...

At age 83, Ret. Air Force Col. Bud Day, a former Vietnam cellmate of John McCain's and a recipient of a Medal of Honor, is taking on a new job.

A New Year is an opportunity for many people to reevaluate and start a new chapter of their life.

Many downtown business owners are expected to participate in the upcoming effort to upgrade the streetscape and sidewalks.

Fort Walton Beach resident Bryant Middleton was one of the youths who say they were abused at the former Florida Industrial School for Boys January 3, 2009 - 11:02 PM Andrew Gant Daily News MARIANNA - More than ...

Mike Anderson will serve four more years as the mayor of Fort Walton Beach. Although each of the three Fort Walton Beach City Council seats up for grabs will be decided in the March 10 election, Anderson was ...

Waffle House waffles are tasty, but one Fort Walton Beach man's desire for a late-night meal at the popular eatery landed him in jail.

Corks still popped and glasses were still raised to toast the New Year, but more partiers apparently stayed away from top-shelf brands.

An accident in the intersection of Mary Esther Cut-Off and U.S. Highway 98 tied up traffic on both roadways and sent one driver to a Pensacola hospital by helicopter.

For local businesses, 2008 was a year of changing landscapes and tough economic challenges.

A utility pole along Eglin Parkway was snapped in half when a pickup truck hit it Saturday afternoon and landed on a vehicle waiting to turn out of a parking lot.

Prospective candidates for elections in five cities in Okaloosa County can qualify this week for a place on the ballot.

Michael Allen, lead trumpet player for the Choctawhatchee High School Stylemarchers, was going to go skimboarding Christmas Eve morning until he walked outside and saw his truck covered in wet newspaper .

City officials are seeking an interim city manager to take over the duties of the departing Joyce Shanahan, and in the meantime will search to fill the position permanently.

Local developer and former Beach Community Bank board member William "Todd" Schweizer managed recently to come up with the $161,500 he needed to avoid facing grand theft charges in Las Vegas.

House packed for 'Luces Navidenas' Comments 0 Recommend 0 Fourth annual Christmas celebration filled the Boys and Girls Club building on Denton Boulevard December 21, 2008 - 6:08 PM Andrew Gant Daily News FORT ...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office wants to warn business owners to be alert to a counterfeit traveler's check scam that is occurring in the area.

When a freakish animal mutilation case stumps state animal control officers, they call Dee Thompson.

For more than two decades, retired Air Force Maj. John Grove worked tirelessly on humanitarian missions, including delivering food and medical supplies to Southeast Asian countries and helping to set up a ...

Looking for that perfect Christmas gift for the man or woman in your life who likes to blow up things? A Fort Walton Beach couple have developed Bombsquadopoly, a game modeled after Monopoly but geared toward ...