Laurel Hill News

A simple investigation into a Saturday night wreck got a little complicated when neither injured person at the scene would admit to being the driver.

Laurel Hill, FL A four wheeler accident over the weekend claims the life of a teenager in Northwestern Walton County.

Student drivers are clicking their seat belts more often than they did just a few months ago.

Caitlin Morgan, 16, laughed as she swiped vanilla pudding and whipped cream from her face.

When Amy Murrell got a call from Marine Corps headquarters that a bomb had exploded under her husband's Humvee in Afghanistan, she nearly fainted.

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DeFuniak Springs , FL Today, Jeffrey Allen Yates was ordered held without bond on an open count of murder during his first court appearance in DeFuniak Springs.

DeFuniak Springs , FL Today, Jeffrey Allen Yates was ordered held without bond on an open count of murder during his first court appearance in DeFuniak Springs.

The 60-year-old Gaskin woman found shot to death in her home last week will be buried tomorrow.

Jeffrey Allen Yates was ordered held without bond on an open count of murder during his first court appearance in DeFuniak Springs.

The suspect in Monday's murder of a Gaskin Community resident is in "custody". At around 5:15 Thursday afternoon, Okaloosa County Sheriff's Deputies stopped Jeffrey Allen Yates north of Laurel Hill.

A Walton County murder suspect was apprehended Thursday, thanks in part to the sharp eyes of Paxton mayor Hayward Thomas, also a retired sheriff's deputy.

The local school's mascot, which has raised a couple brows over the years, has received further fame after a blogger dubbed it, "the most amazing high school logo." "The prize goes to Laurel Hill School in Laurel Hill, Florida, the home of the Hobos," Jason English, the managing editor of mentalfloss.com, wrote in his blog.

U.S. District Judge Lacey Collier minced no words Tuesday in sentencing former Okaloosa County Sheriff Charlie Morris to 71 months in prison.

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.