Laurel Hill News

Thomas Ford McCoy Jr., who is accused of killing a former co-worker in April, is scheduled to appear in court again May 20.

LAUREL HILL A 42-year-old man was charged with robbing the Tom Thumb store on North State Road 85 after being tracked down by a K-9 unit Monday night.

A simple investigation into a Saturday night wreck got a little complicated when neither injured person at the scene would admit to being the driver.

Laurel Hill, FL A four wheeler accident over the weekend claims the life of a teenager in Northwestern Walton County.

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

Caitlin Morgan, 16, laughed as she swiped vanilla pudding and whipped cream from her face.

When Amy Murrell got a call from Marine Corps headquarters that a bomb had exploded under her husband's Humvee in Afghanistan, she nearly fainted.

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DeFuniak Springs , FL Today, Jeffrey Allen Yates was ordered held without bond on an open count of murder during his first court appearance in DeFuniak Springs.

DeFuniak Springs , FL Today, Jeffrey Allen Yates was ordered held without bond on an open count of murder during his first court appearance in DeFuniak Springs.

The 60-year-old Gaskin woman found shot to death in her home last week will be buried tomorrow.

Jeffrey Allen Yates was ordered held without bond on an open count of murder during his first court appearance in DeFuniak Springs.

The suspect in Monday's murder of a Gaskin Community resident is in "custody". At around 5:15 Thursday afternoon, Okaloosa County Sheriff's Deputies stopped Jeffrey Allen Yates north of Laurel Hill.

A Walton County murder suspect was apprehended Thursday, thanks in part to the sharp eyes of Paxton mayor Hayward Thomas, also a retired sheriff's deputy.

The local school's mascot, which has raised a couple brows over the years, has received further fame after a blogger dubbed it, "the most amazing high school logo." "The prize goes to Laurel Hill School in Laurel Hill, Florida, the home of the Hobos," Jason English, the managing editor of mentalfloss.com, wrote in his blog.

U.S. District Judge Lacey Collier minced no words Tuesday in sentencing former Okaloosa County Sheriff Charlie Morris to 71 months in prison.

The Okaloosa County Division of Environmental Services has begun spraying for mosquitoes.