Okaloosa County News

Okaloosa County tourism is looking good compared to the rest of Florida, Executive Director Darrel Jones of the Tourist Development Council says.

IN FLORIDA NEWS Child abuse charges dropped for ex-commissioner July 02, 2009 13:26 EDT TAMPA, Fla.

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting that took place on Landview Drive in Fort Walton Beach around six o'clock this evening .

A man arrested two weeks ago in another county for suspected sexual assault of a child has been charged with 10 additional counts of possession of child pornography.

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is investigating the armed robbery of the Health Smart Pharmacy on State Road 189 in Baker.

Three local teens were arrested after following a pizza delivery person and conspiring to rob him at gunpoint.

The Okaloosa County commission announced today that budget reviews and public hearings, which are all open to the public for comment before millage and budget is finalized, are scheduled now through September.

Please note that due to a manpower issue at HORIZONS that recycling service will be disrupted in the north end Friday, June 27 and in the south end on Monday, June 29.

Okaloosa County Recycling hosted several Florida counties for debris separator equipment demonstrations on Wednesday, June 24.

An unemployed 35-year-old man has been charged with grand theft for taking more than $700 worth of cameras, game systems and a bicycle from the Hurlburt BX on June 9, according to his Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office arrest report.

Okaloosa County will soon start auditing its auditors. County commissioners recently decided to form a committee to discuss seeking proposals from certified public accounting firms to complete future audits for the county.

The Gulf County Sheriff's Office will be conducting vehicle safety checkpoints and DUI check points during the months of May and June.

Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced a former employee of an Okaloosa County nursing home has been arrested on charges that she abused a disabled resident of the facility.

Okaloosa County, Fla: Tomorrow Governor Crist will sign a piece of legislation that establishes a new council.

Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that a registered sex offender from Fernandina Beach has been arrested by the Attorney General's CyberCrime Unit, based on a tip from Alabama that he was sexually assaulting a child.

The Florida Highway Patrol has identified a woman who died in a fiery pick up truck trash near Bay Point early Sunday morning.

A 46-year-old man was killed in a traffic accident late Saturday, police said. Jimmy Dewayne Brown, of Crestview, was killed shortly after 11:10 p.m. when he failed to negotiate a curve on Okaloosa County 393, according to a Florida Highway Patrol release.

A total of seven people have now lost their jobs at the Okaloosa Sheriff's Office... And criminal charges could be on the way.

An inmate in the Okaloosa County Jail on child molestation charges killed himself Tuesday, jail officials said.

A Florida Panhandle sheriff indicted for corruption has officially resigned. Okaloosa County Sheriff Charlie Morris tendered his resignation, effective May 19, to Gov.