Fort Walton Beach News

Want to make sure Christmas finds its way to the thousands of troops from our area who are deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan? The Freedom Pod can help.

Visitors to Santa Rosa Mall soon no longer will be able to browse the familiar bookstore that has been at the same spot for 33 years.

The malnourished horse has recovered at a local farm, but PAWS has her back after someone tried to sell her November 15, 2009 6:08 PM Tom McLaughlin Daily News FORT WALTON BEACH - When Ruby arrived at the Panhandle Animal Welfare Society the first time, she was malnourished and weak from neglect.

An morning six-car accident on U.S. Highway 98 tied up traffic on the busy roadway, with some motorists reporting that it took hours to drive from Navarre to the Fort Walton Beach area.

Three from Fort Rucker, Ala. were injured when the Toyota Corolla they were riding in struck a parked car along U.S. 331 just after noon on Sunday.

The Blue Angels and Veterans Day dominated the week in Pensacola military news, allowing a couple stories to sneak under the radar.

Many people all across the gulf coast spent the day being environmentally friendly.

Signs proclaiming liberty, justice and no more taxes were the greeting and individual's rights were the topics.

A 59-year-old Fort Walton Beach man was arrested for indecent exposure after a neighbor saw him Tuesday wearing only a G-string. A woman reported seeing her Tanager Road neighbor sunbathing, wearing only a pink G-string. She told deputies the man stood up two times and she clearly saw his exposed buttocks, according to an Okaloosa County Sheriff's ...

I get a little cranky when people complain about the lack of culture in our area and/or the lack of things to do.

The Emerald Coast Concert Association will celebrate its 50th birthday at six concerts throughout the 2009-10 season.

Emergency workers responded to a wreck at Racetrack Road and Truxton Avenue at about 8:30 Wednesday morning after a red Kia Spectra5 collided with a Mitsubishi Eclipse.

There will be no lack of activities to honor active-duty and retired military members this week in Okaloosa, Walton and Santa Rosa counties.

Disbarred attorney James Harvey Tipler, who was arrested Sept. 22 for racketeering, appeared in court Tuesday to enter a plea.

A 46-year-old man was arrested Saturday night shortly after he stole a car, police say.

The Okaloosa County Health Department began administering H1N1 vaccinations Monday afternoon to people at high risk from the illness.

Jerry Melvin wants his seat back. After seven years of watching state Rep. Ray Sansom serve as the elected representative from Florida's District 4, Melvin has announced his intention to reclaim a seat he held for 18 years before term limits took it from him.

Police detained an infant's mother and babysitter after finding the girl in a box under a bed in the babysitter's Chipley, Fla., home, officials said Thursday.

American history has never been so much fun as it is in the Stage Crafters Community Theatre production of "1776." The musical-comedy begins its two-week run Friday at the Fort Walton Beach Municipal Auditorium downtown.

An Illinois woman, who nearly drowned while swimming in the Gulf of Mexico off Okaloosa Island, died in the intensive care unit at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center, said an Okaloosa County Sheriff's press release.