Laurel Hill News

The Okaloosa County Division of Environmental Services has begun spraying for mosquitoes.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR WALTON COUNTY, FLORIDA Case No.: 09DR000340 VICTORIA DeSHON HARRISON-TRIM Petitioner and BILLY JOE TRIM, Respondent.

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR TAX DEED NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that DENZEL J. DOCKERY the holder of the following certificate has filed said certificate for a tax deed to be issued thereon.

On Okaloosa County traffic crash has left a Laurel Hill resident dead. The Florida Highway Patrol says 65 year old Young J. Vandrasek died after failing to yield the right of way to a semi-tractor trailer rig at State Road 85 and Bill Lundy road in north Okaloosa County.

A 65-year-old resident of Laurel Hill died two days after hitting a Mack truck on State Road 85.

Laurel Hill's postseason run came to an end Wednesday in its Class A regional quarterfinal at Malone as the Hoboes fell 4-3 to end the season at 7-12. The Hoboes built a 2-0 lead entering the third and added a run in the top half of the fifth to go ahead 3-0 before costly errors led to a four-run bottom of the fifth for Malone.

Five years ago, the chicken houses on Joel McLaney's farm in Laurel Hill were wall-to-wall chickens, each destined for the nearby Perdue processing plant.

Regional law enforcement agencies are asking for the public's help in locating a Laurel Hill resident wanted in connection with the murder of a Baker man at Northwest Florida State College's Chautauqua Center in Defuniak Springs last Friday afternoon.

Two people were taken by helicopter to Pensacola hospitals after separate crashes Wednesday.

Now to the flooding problems in Okaloosa County....There are no new reports of storm damage to homes there today.... But...*thirty roads and *ten bridges are still closed because of weather related issues.. Channel Three's Dan Thomas shows us how one bridge and road are not only closed, they've been washed away.

To help protect your home, sand and sand bags are available in both Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties.

Cars sunk, dirt roads disappeared and divers searched for someone thought to have drowned Saturday as rivers flooded across Northwest Florida, some at their highest levels in decades.

The Florida Highway Patrol website is reporting a fatal accident in Walton County.

The fact that Friday night's baseball game between area rivals Paxton and Laurel Hill was suspended due to darkness in the second inning did nothing to diminish the buzz in the air.

Help for firefighters is on the way. Today FEMA awarded grants to local fire crews to help purchase equipment, provide training, and recruit and hire more personnel.

Voters in three Okaloosa County cities are at the polls today. Crestview and Fort Walton Beach residents each are voting on three council seats, while the city of Laurel Hill will elect a mayor.

Results are in for Okaloosa County's special municipal elections. In Crestview, three seats were up for grabs on the city council.

People in three local cities will head to the polls tomorrow. Crestview and Fort Walton Beach residents will each vote on three council seats, while the City Of Laurel Hill will elect a mayor.

PEEKS CREEK James Dills doesn't like to talk about what happened four years ago just yards from the doorstep of his Macon County home.

Tanner Black whipped a walk-off double down the right field line in the bottom of the seventh inning Tuesday to plate Ryan Kelly and help the Choctawhatchee baseball team polish off Crestview 2-1 in dramatic ...