Ocean City News

It's been 18 months since Ocean City Elementary School closed its doors and students were moved to other schools.

A Fort Walton Beach man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol after a wreck that rolled his truck sent one person to the hospital and blocked traffic for more than an hour.

A man in a Mitsubishi Montero drove into the front of the Burger King on Racetrack Road on Tuesday night, causing significant damage to the front of the building.

A man was killed in a Thursday night car accident on Woodbine Circle in Fort Walton Beach.

A green Ford Explorer burst into flames just after 5:00 p.m. Thursday after the driver pulled into the parking lot of the Fort Walton Beach Medical Center.

Two months ago, Bruce Brooks' resignation from the Holley-Navarre Fire District Board of Fire Commissioners left a void in the five-member all-volunteer board.

Four weeks after a fatal house fire in Sylvania Heights brought attention to the neighborhood's aging water system, Okaloosa County crews have installed two hydrants on Tilden Street.

Two pedestrians hit by a vehicle Wednesday night were seriously injured. The pedestrians were crossing Mary Esther Cutoff near the Whataburger around 9:30 p.m. when a vehicle crashed into them, according to Ocean City-Wright Fire Department Battalion Chief Robert Hall.

Travis Dewrell was supposed to be at his first day of work. Instead, he was lying on the wet ground and holding a man's hand.

A Chevy Blazer collided with a motor scooter at the intersection of Racetrack Road and Skipper Avenue at about 10 Monday morning.

Comments 0 Recommend 0 November 04, 2009 6:49 PM Kari C. Barlow Daily News It has taken 10 years to bring the new Arbennie Pritchett Water Reclamation Facility on-line. Okaloosa County leaders said Wednesday the $48.5 million plant was well worth the wait.

Traffic was backed up on U.S. Highway 98 west beyond Beal Parkway on Friday morning as firefighters hung 20 feet below the Brooks Bridge.

At around 3 a.m. Saturday a vehicle hit an Oak tree and rolled over landing on its roof on Moriarty Street.

Two vehicles collided at Racetrack Road and Rickey Avenue at 5 p.m. Saturday. One man, whose airbag deployed, was transported to an area hospital by ambulance.

Rescue workers were called out at 5 a.m. to respond to a one-vehicle rollover accident on Eglin Parkway in front of Black Angus Restaurant.

In the previous 10 years, five people perished in local fires. In the last month, three people have died and one man is fighting for his life after house fires.

Responding to their second fire in just over 24 hours, Ocean City - Wright Fire Department crews put out a small fire at VW Specialities, a small garage on Oak Ridge Road.

When the first crews arrived at 207 Elaine Avenue, flames were shooting through the roof, extending more than 30 feet into the air.

A Fort Walton Beach man is in critical condition after his home exploded Thursday morning.

An Okaloosa County school bus lay on its side Thursday afternoon with gasoline leaking from its tank.