Mary Esther News

In the fall of 1982, Shell Oil Co. was searching Okaloosa County for crude oil and natu-ral gas, and Laurel Hill had started its first police patrol.

June 30 - They're home tonight. Some 200 military families along the Gulf Coast are celebrating a soldier's homecoming just in time for the fourth of july.

Jennifer Lopez's domestic bliss has been shaken. Or bitten, rather. J-Lo is being sued by a former flight attendant after Lopez's German shepherd guard dog bit the woman on the leg while on a private cross ...

Police called off a chase Wednesday night after a woman hit 105 mph on Okaloosa Island, but a deputy stopped her later by ramming her car into a semi-trailer in Destin.

One street in Okaloosa County is named after the Doolittle Raiders, the unit that trained at Eglin Field and flew the first air raid on Japan in World War II.

Many Walton County Historians will tell you education in Florida and even the South was partially started in DeFuniak Springs and Walton County.

Traffic signals failed, alarms blared and firefighters rescued a person from a stuck elevator Saturday after stormy weather knocked out power around town.

Closing off one turn lane and opening a new one yards away won't solve the traffic quagmire in front of Florosa Elementary School, residents complained Thursday.

Christina May has decided it's best if she doesn't let the gas tank on her big Ford F-150 pickup truck fall below half full.

Representatives from the Florida Department of Transportation will hold a public information meeting regarding proposed roadway improvements to US 98 at Florosa Elementary School and Rankin Road in Okaloosa ...

One Kanye West fan decided to buy a pair of $300 tickets online with a stolen credit card number.

Ever-rising gas prices have left many Okaloosa County resi-dents longing for an alterna-tive fuel miracle.

Firefighters from Mary Esther and Pensacola have been called to help extinguish a large blaze in Navarre.

Retired U.S. Marine Steve Schumacher and his wife, Patty, couldn't stand long enough to make it through the hour-long Memorial Day ceremony at Beal Cemetery.

“I moved to Okaloosa County as a homeless person”

From the beginning, Annette Maldonado wasn't supposed to make it. She grew up poor in a Spanish-speaking household in a tough Brooklyn neighborhood. via Northwest Florida Daily News

“Amendment 1 is forcing us to more efficiently and effectively partner with our neighbors”

The loss of revenue from the Amendment 1 tax reform is expected to be hard on local governments. via Northwest Florida Daily News

“Seems like a waste of time to raise it one penny”

Local post offices are doing a brisk business in "Forever" stamps in the last days before the postal increase hits Monday. via Northwest Florida Daily News

“Here we are along what's called the Miracle Strip, but yet we live in spiritual poverty”

A small crowd gathered today at the city auditorium eager to celebrate the National Day of Prayer. via Northwest Florida Daily News

“They are on the way right now.”

A bizarre industrial accident leads to an even more bizarre rescue. Police say a man's arms were pinned in machinery. via KARE 11 TV

“If not, he would've been there until this morning”

Firefighters freed a man who had both arms stuck in a piece of machinery early Thursday. via Northwest Florida Daily News