Fort Walton Beach News

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The sixth-annual Latin Salsa Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. May 25 at the Fort Walton Landing Park, 139 Brooks St.

The Okaloosa County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. hosted their "Deltas Saturday in the Park" event at the Landing Park in Fort Walton Beach.

Beulah First Baptist Church kicked off a yearlong celebration of its 75th anniversary with the groundbreaking for a new sanctuary.

Contractors for the state Department of Transportation began resurfacing the Cinco Bayou Bridge on Wednesday night and were finished Thursday morning.

Indie a 12 year old female Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin gave birth to a male calf at 4:17 am on Wednesday May 22, 2013.

Motorists traveling through the intersection of Racetrack Road and Marwalt Drive have seen a mural taking shape on the Michels & Booth law office building under construction.

Okaloosa County Water and Sewer Director Jeff Littrell is well aware of the inconvenience running a huge sewer line up Denton Boulevard in Fort Walton Beach is going to inflict on area residents.

As Grace Wells set out Mary Owens' meal on a table, she and her niece Jamie Featherston chatted with the 91-year-old woman.

Originating in China, Napa cabbage is a member of the cabbage family, though it looks more like lettuce.

We don't have anything against dogs. Honest. We've given dog-walking parks a hard time on this page because they turn pet care into a government project by 1) using public land that could be put to better use or even sold off, and 2) using taxpayer dollars to pay for lighting, landscaping, maintenance and so forth.

Gov. Rick Scott signed a record $74.1 billion state budget Monday, but not before trimming hundreds of millions of dollars from local projects and proposed tuition increases.

The Rev. Clinton Akins, Doctor of Ministry, has accepted the call from Bluewater Community Church to serve as interim pastor.

Gov. Rick Scott's Monday turkey hunt went farther afield than even Tax Watch had recommended, and a couple more Okaloosa and Walton county projects than expected got killed by his veto.

The fire started in the downstairs kitchen of one of the units at 211 3rd Street, said Battalion Chief Shannon Stone with the Fort Walton Beach Fire Department.

The Rice & Beans 5K Rumble is a 5K run to help the people of Haiti. This is a project of Truth Evangelistic Minis-tries, a Christian organiza-tion in Fort Walton Beach that has been ministering to the needs of Haitians for more than 10 years.

A president's leadership skills undergo their sternest test during a crisis; think George W. Bush after 9/11. Sometimes, the commander in chief rallies Americans to his side.

As one of the most popular beach destinations for Southerners, we had to get the inside scoop on the best under-the-radar spots to hang like a local in the Florida Panhandle.

Big Kahuna's VIP Day will be held June 9 with 100 percent of proceeds to benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northwest Florida.

The Greater Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce has reached more than 25 percent of its fundraising goal for a proposed dog park at Liza Jackson Park.