1+ hour, 43+ min ago   (158+ words) Drivers crossing Brooks Bridge should expect nighttime traffic shifts and lane reductions on Highway 98 beginning tonight and continuing through Thursday, the Florida Department of Transportation announced. The temporary configuration is necessary to perform construction activities on the new bridge, according…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (205+ words) The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday arrested a man in connection with damage to a license plate reader camera in Destin, warning that destroying the devices will result in criminal charges even though all of the agency’s Flock cameras…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (243+ words) Suds N Cinema will host six nights of special screenings of the 1989 film “Steel Magnolias” next week to raise money for the Fort Walton Beach Public Library. All ticket sales will benefit the library’s community programs, youth literacy initiatives and…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (331+ words) Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park in Niceville and Shoal River Headwaters State Park in DeFuniak Springs will be among the latest Florida state parks to receive e-bikes for ranger use, the Florida State Parks Foundation announced Monday. Each e-bike…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (176+ words) A 13-year-old Crestview boy has been arrested and faces felony charges after the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigated a TikTok post targeting multiple schools in Okaloosa County, the agency announced Tuesday. In the latest case, the OCSO said it received…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (189+ words) The Fort Walton Beach Fire Department is inviting 343 members of the public to ring the fire bell and sign a guest book at Fire Station 6 on Friday, Sept. 11, in honor of the 343 New York City firefighters who died during the…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (276+ words) Okaloosa County EMS Community Paramedic Andrew Kindle has been named the 2026 Community Paramedic of the Year by the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians. “We are very proud of Paramedic Andrew Kindle,” Okaloosa County Board Chairman Trey Goodwin said. “Our…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (178+ words) The wife of a Crestview man killed in a shootout with Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies on Aug. 8 has been arrested in Oklahoma after a traffic stop turned up a live homemade explosive device and several firearms, the OCSO announced…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (323+ words) The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office will remove all of its automated license plate reader cameras after the Florida Department of Transportation issued a statewide order revoking permits for the devices on state rights-of-way. “From the very start of this discussion,…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (1267+ words) The Fort Walton Beach City Council voted 6-1 on Aug. 25 to approve using $3.87 million from the city’s Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund to purchase and extinguish a reverter clause on the City Hall property, settling pending litigation with the Jackson Land Trust…...