Okaloosa County News

Okaloosa County commissioners on Tuesday put their support behind local high school students working to ban the sale of candy-flavored tobacco products.

A man has been convicted of breaking into a home and taking a television, clothing and jewelry, according to the state attorney's office.

A national food service company will continue to serve meals to Okaloosa County students for another year following the School Board's approval last week.

Northwest Florida is positioned to be a leader in economic growth for the state, said state Senator Don Gaetz on Tuesday, June 18. "We're in the position to be a pathway of growth for not just Northwest Florida, but the entire state, in the next 10 to 15 years," Gaetz said.

Five fishermen off Florida's Gulf of Mexico coast reeled in a cocaine bale worth $2.5 million, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office.

Work began to resurface a large stretch of U.S. 98 in south Santa Rosa County, the Santa Rosa County Commission scheduled for July a workshop to discuss replacing the county courthouse, and the annual Blueberry Bash is set for Saturday at the Arc Santa Rosa.

A Florosa couple who sparked an international manhunt after appearing in and posting child pornography videos were sentenced to prison on Monday evening.

Local divers could have a new shallow-water artificial reef to explore by next summer.

Five fishermen on a commercial expedition 2-3 miles off the coast of Destin, Fla., on Wednesday found 25 kilograms of cocaine floating in the water, worth an estimated $2.5 million, before handing it over to authorities.

A Fort Walton Beach man whose identity has not been released shot himself early Monday morning after a six-hour stand-off with the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office.

While awareness is first and foremost, Okaloosa County sheriff's deputies can ticket or arrest beachgoers who enter the Gulf of Mexico under double-red flag conditions.

While there is plenty of action on properties owned by World Choice Investments, lips are still tight on a potential project.

A father and son have been arrested in Okaloosa and Santa Rosa counties in connection with the beating of a man in Wing, Ala., on New Year's Eve 2005.

Doris Guthrie remembers being calm as she approached the front of the courtroom Thursday, where the man who beat her and her husband after breaking into their home last year waited to apologize.

"The Truman Show" may have starred A-list actors such as Jim Carrey and Ed Harris, but for locals, the real star was Seaside.

Interviews have begun for the next band director at Choctawhatchee High School, and band camp is slated to go forward later this month as planned.

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is investigating the shooting of a man during an attempted home invasion robbery at an apartment on Dale Place Thursday night, a news release reported.

All lanes of U.S. Highway 98 near Hurlburt Field's main gate are closed while emergency responders work the scene of a fatal crash involving four vehicles.

All westbound lanes of U.S. Highway 98 near Hurlburt Field's main gate are closed while emergency responders work the scene of a fatal crash involving four vehicles.

One way of looking at the drama that gripped area beaches over the past eight days is that people were pulled safely from the churning surf.