Tallahassee – Last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced his Focus on Florida’s Future budget, demonstrating continued support for Florida’s abused, neglected, and abandoned children.
By the end of this school year, a new school safety mapping system that aims to improve responses to emergencies such as active-shooter incidents could be fully implemented for the Okaloosa County School District.
Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. (AFNS) – Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass represents the highest enlisted level of leadership, and consequently, works a demanding schedule providing direction for the enlisted force and representing their interests. One of the many ways Bass fulfills this duty to Airmen is by traveling across the globe visiting Air Force installations, delivering guidance and sparking dialogue in the enlisted force.
It’s not every day that we get the opportunity to recognize an outstanding farm family, especially a young farm family.
On Sept. 7, the agricultural community in Okaloosa County celebrated Jacob and Katelyn Nixon, of Baker, as our 2023 Outstanding Farm Family.
Former Baker Fire District Chief Brian Easterling was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday after an Escambia County jury found him guilty of murdering a Pensacola businessman last year, according to news reports.
Fort Walton Beach physician and pilot Reddoch Williams’ home away from home adjoins a 4,800-square-foot hangar that shelters two of the loves of his life.
“This is my little doghouse apartment,” Williams, a retired U.S. Air Force flight surgeon, said on Dec. 8 while showing a visitor his 1,800-square-foot occasional living quarters at the Skypark Estates Owners Association Airport.
Crestview officials plan to negotiate a contract with a contractor from Andalusia, Alabama for the long-awaited Main Street renovation project, which will be done in phases and could be completed by the end of 2024.
The 2023 Baseline School Grades were released by the Florida Department of Education and the results are highly encouraging in the first year of a new statewide assessment, Okaloosa County School District officials said today in a press release.
Once again, the district earned an A rating from the FLDOE.
Crestview resident Johnny Lee Akins Jr., 40, who pleaded no contest to second-degree murder with a firearm on Thursday, faces a sentence of 25 years to life in prison.
The crest of Britton Hill, which overlooks a stretch of green farmland and a little-traveled rural road in north Walton County, is Florida’s highest natural point, at a breathtaking elevation of 345 feet above sea level.
