Niceville News Archives

Police are investigating a break-in at the American Legion Post on John Sims Parkway.

A powerful state senator wants insurance companies and HMOs to stop denying coverage of routine medical treatment, such as doctor's visits and X-rays, for Florida cancer patients participating in clinical trials.

An officer responding to a suicide attempt was aggressively approached by a 20-year-old man who was flailing his arms and shouting incoherently.

A 79-year-old Niceville man is dead following what police believe to be an accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Cameron Elizabeth McAllister of Niceville has graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a Master of Science degree in Operations Research.

Last year, high school students in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties freely donated 53,998 pints of blood that were processed as red cells, platelets and plasma, repackaged and then sold by Community Blood Centers to hospitals for more than $16 million.

A pair of silver pilot's wings were pinned to David Pierson's shirt - wings earned more than six decades ago in the U.S. Army Air Corps.

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

Okaloosa County has applied for a $299 million chunk of federal stimulus money to overhaul infrastructure in the north end of the county.

United States Attorney Thomas F. Kirwin, Northern District of Florida, announced today that Mark A. O'Hair, 49, and Richard Schaller, 57, both of Niceville, Florida were sentenced to prison terms for their role in conflict of interest-related federal crimes.

Northwest Floridians and folks close enough to drive down for the weekend can enjoy a couple more beach days with extended late-summer temperatures.

Mosley hosts Niceville in a key District 2-5A volleyball match on Tuesday in the Jim Redfern Gymnasium.

The State Attorney's Office announced Monday that it plans to seek the death penalty against four of the eight suspects in the deaths of Byrd and Melanie Billings.

Helen Libby took just enough time off from the pursuit of her Ph.D. to win another Destin Crab Trap Triathlon title.

The biggest news of the weekend for Oklahoma's 24 commitments, including one from the class of 2011, was the return of Niceville, Fla.

Former statewide prosecutor Melanie Hines will investigate an ethics complaint against ex-House Speaker Ray Sansom on behalf of a special Florida House committee.

Army National Guard Pfc. Amber McAllister has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet ...

Rhonda Grice, public involvement coordinator for the Okaloosa-Walton Transportation Planning Organization, said principal players in the project discussed the timeline in a recent telephone conference.

There's a nip in the air, but it might not hang around very long, according to the National Weather Service.

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