Fort Walton Beach News

NICEVILLE A 41-year-old Fort Walton Beach man failed to return a minivan that his ex-girlfriend let him borrow, according to an Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office arrest report.

The Fort Walton Beach Jaycees are trading their ghoulies and ghosties for snowmen and elves.

Police have requested that anyone who witnessed last Wednesday's incident where two pedestrians were struck by oncoming traffic contact investigators.

FORT WALTON BEACH - Eglin Air Force Base, an economic engine in Northwest Florida and home to key national security missions, lays claim to 123,000 square miles of water range and 134,000 square miles of airspace over water.

Breaking news out of Fort Walton Beach Wednesday night... Fort Walton Beach police are on the scene of an accident near Santa Rosa Mall.

At least five football players from two schools were involved in an altercation right after Monday night's Fort Walton Beach - Crestview girls' basketball game.

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.