Niceville News

GRACE Rides, a therapeutic riding program based in Niceville, provides equine-assisted therapeutic activities for individuals with special needs in Okaloosa and Walton counties.

Here's something you don't hear much these days: Ticket prices for the 2012-13 Broadway Series and Artist Series at the Mattie Kelly Arts Center at Northwest Florida State College in Niceville will stay the same as they have been for the last six years.

Okaloosa County Emergency leaders want residents and businesses to get ready for the next big storm.

NICEVILLE - In 2008, Niceville High's freshman class was a timid group still trying to find their footing in a new environment.

Local veterans groups will host a number of observances this weekend to mark Memorial Day.

NICEVILLE, Fla. -- Congressman Jeff Miller will be in Niceville tomorrow to talk about the defense budget and the future of our bases.

NICEVILLE, Fla. -- A Niceville teen will help the Olympic flame get to the 2012 games.

GRACE Rides, a therapeutic riding program based in Niceville, provides equine-assisted therapeutic activities for individuals with special needs in Okaloosa and Walton counties.

OKALOOSA ISLAND - A hit and run near the Boardwalk on Saturday night left a Niceville family with $1000 of damage and has authorities searching for a rogue Jeep Liberty.

There's never a convenient time for a hurricane or a convenient time to prepare for one.

Forty-seven wooden vessels have docked at the Schooner Pier in East Biloxi for the 19th Annual Billy Creel Memorial Gulf Coast Wooden Boat Show WLOX TV reports that the boats were the workhorses of their day, including wooden schooners that were used to harvest seafood and haul lumber.

The Destin Family YMCA will hold a Lifeguard Certification class from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 19-20 at the Destin Family YMCA, 4345 Commons Dr.

The latest water samples taken from the pass have shown unusually high levels of fecal coliform bacteria, found in human and animal waste.

For an experience you won't forget, come spend a week on the Choctawhatchee Bay in Niceville for snorkeling, marine education, archery, kayaking, campfires, skits, and many other exciting activities at 4-H Camp Timpoochee! Gulf County youth ages 8-13 will have a great time at 4-H Camp Timpoochee, July 2-6, 2012.

"Guys, it's going to be loud!" The insight given by Jonathan Clark to his students isn't a warning... A Niceville man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in a 2010 shooting death in Pace.

NICEVILLE, Fla. - Our military service members who have been awarded one of the military's highest medals, the Purple Heart, will be honored Tuesday, May 15 with the opening of the Purple Heart Memorial Highway in Okaloosa County.

One of my favorite weekends of the year is the one coming up. Yes, Mother's Day is Sunday but there's so much more going on, too, as you can tell from today's Showcase.

Sondra Ordonez of Port St. Lucie, daughter of David Ordonez of Charlottesville, Va., and Ann Henderson of Niceville, is engaged to Marshall Cole of Port St.

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office has charged a bouncer at an Okaloosa Island nightspot with aggravated battery in connection with an incident in the early hours of May 4th.

Red snapper will be the topic of the monthly Emerald Coast Saltwater Seminar Series May 16 at North Light Marina in Niceville.