Niceville News

Senate Republicans pushed through on a strictly party-line vote a ballot measure that will ask Florida voters in November whether they support a balanced-budget amendment for the federal government.

A 23-year-old man was arrested March 13 on charges of aggravated assault, criminal mischief, disorderly intoxication and resisting an officer without violence.

NICEVILLE The Northwest Florida Ballet, under the direction of Artistic Director and CEO Todd Eric Allen, returns to the Mattie Kelly Fine and Performing Arts Center at Northwest Florida State College's Niceville campus with their production of "Dr. Coppelius' Magic Toy Shoppe" on Saturday and Sunday.

When I get a little time off, it gives me the chance to explore even if it's in my own back yard and that's what I did last week.

NICEVILLE A 54-year-old man was charged with domestic battery after he hit a partially-full beer can that struck his wife in the face, according to an Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office arrest report.

A surprise for one Okaloosa County homeowner... He came home and found a burglar still inside... Niceville police say Jeremy Thomas broke into the residence not once, but twice in the same day.

It was the first music store in town and had been open nearly 40 years. But when owner Mike Mancini became sick in 2008, he had to close the popular Mancini Music store at 115 N. Cedar Ave.

Florida Senate Bill 6 is not popular among local teachers, to say the least. The education reform bill would eliminate existing teacher contracts and replace them with contracts that base more than 50 percent of a teacher's wages on student achievement.

The ability to ad-lib usually serves an actor well, unless he gets caught in a time warp.

A bill to revamp teacher contracts and pay in Florida passed its first test Wednesday, gaining approval from the Senate Education PreK-12 Committee on a party-line vote.

The Niceville Police Department has released additional details about the March 6 arrest of Christopher Reedy, who allegedly showed pornography to two 11-year-old girls at his house.

A Niceville native has been missing since Saturday when his boat was recovered on the Mississippi River.

DESTIN A 40-year-old woman was charged with child neglect after she left a 7-year-old girl in her car during a winter storm advisory, according to an Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office arrest report.

Controversy over F-35 jets coming to Eglin Air Force Base has helped attract six candidates to run the two available seats on the City Commission.

House speaker: Shortfall between $1.1B to $3.2B expected House speaker: Medicaid, education seeing biggest revenue crunch By Bill Cotterell * Florida Capital Bureau * March 5, 2010 Florida legislators began the grim business of budget-cutting on multiple fronts Thursday, with the House leader issuing a spending outline and a grim outlook.

A wreck on State Road 20 west of Redwood Avenue resulted in a six-vehicle accident.

An amendment to an amendment to the Florida constitution that would freeze class size counts at schoolwide levels got another boost Thursday.

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced this morning that Florida is among 16 finalists to receive a share of the nation's largest single influx of discretionary money ever into public schooling.

DeFuniak Springs , FL Yesterday a press release was sent from this office concerning a false imprisonment call the Walton County Sheriff's Office received and responded to at 453 Howard Street in the Villa Tasso Community on Monday afternoon.

A man wanted for sexually battering an Okaloosa woman and holding her captive in an apartment against her will last month has been arrested by the U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force.