Jul 12, 2016
Okaloosa Sheriff's Office provides 6 Pokemon Go safety tips
SHALIMAR — “Pokémon Go” fever is sweeping across the globe, but players need to focus on their safety and non-players need to be alert to people roaming around who aren’t always paying attention to t…
Jul 12, 2016
Brotherhood Ride honors Okaloosa deputy, first responders
NAPLES — Okaloosa County Deputy Bill Myers is among six fallen first responders being honored in the Brotherhood Ride 2016.
Participants are more than 30 bicycle riders who will ride 600 miles thr…
Jul 8, 2016
Beware of this scam, CHELCO members
CHELCO asks members to beware of scammers posing as utility companies in Walton and Okaloosa counties.
Scammers will call a member on the telephone demanding payment by credit card, threatening to…
Jul 8, 2016
Crestview business owner raising funds to protect 'can man's' collections
CRESTVIEW — Someone’s been stealing Elvit Enlow’s hard-won aluminum cans, and a local business owner’s doing something about it.
Many residents are familiar with Enlow, “the can man,” who daily to…
Jul 8, 2016
Crestview woman gets 35-year sentence
SHALIMAR — A Crestview resident is to serve a 35-year sentence, with 25 of them being a minimum mandatory requirement, according to a Florida State Attorney's Office media release.
Bill Eddins, St…
Jul 7, 2016
DeFuniak Springs, Laurel Hill residents questioned after hit and run (REPORT)
DEFUNIAK SPRINGS — The Florida Highway Patrol arrested the driver of a vehicle involved in a June 26 hit and run that killed a pedestrian.
According to an FHP media release, James Schofield, 34, o…
Jul 6, 2016
Edward Jones sponsors Crestview workshop
Yvonne Shanklin, an Edward Jones financial advisor in Crestview, is sponsoring a workshop, titled "Outsmart the Scammers".
The event is free and dinner will be served from 5:30-7 p.m. July 18 at H…
Jul 6, 2016
Crestview man jailed after Fourth of July fight at Twin Hills Park
CRESTVIEW — A 26-year-old man was arrested and charged with battery, touch or strike, following a Fourth of July altercation in Twin Hills Park.
Justin Ray Smith of First Avenue allegedly struck a…
Jul 3, 2016
Have you seen this escaped inmate?
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff's issued this notice:
Just after 10:30 pm on 7-2-16, Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office dispatch received a call in reference to a missing inmate.
A private transp…
Jul 1, 2016
Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office: Gulf Power scam resurfaces
SHALIMAR Gulf Power is asking its customers to beware of people impersonating utility company employees.
The con artists have been contacting the company's customers by phone. They tell the custom…