Perseverance paid off for historian and author Ronald W. Collins while researching his book “Mystery at Green Pond: The Murder of Bud and Nancy Davis by the Blackwell Brothers.”
Two black-morph female Eastern tiger swallowtail butterflies danced around the flowers of a sweet pepperbush, the sounds of mourning doves, a woodpecker and a red-shouldered hawk echoed through the Blackwater River State Forest, and a deer screamed at me during my recent hike at the Karick Lake Recreation Area.
The Okaloosa County School District Transportation Department has released school bus routes for the 2025–2026 school year, which starts on Monday, Aug. 11.
A 19-year-old man from Fort Walton Beach and a 50-year-old woman from Fort Worth, Texas died in a traffic accident at 9:25 p.m. Friday on Okaloosa Island.
Sunshine Hot Chicken N’ More District Manager Shannon Pelham handled the big scissors during Thursday’s ribbon-cutting ceremony for the company’s new eatery at 2493 S. Ferdon Blvd. in Crestview.
Timothy Paul Price-Williams entered a plea of guilty to first degree murder on Thursday in the December 2022 death of Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Cpl. Ray Hamilton.
Visitors to the Crestview Welcome and Adventure Center can check out real marine life such as a spiny lobster and a decorator crab, feel what it’s like to catch a marlin, and color and scan in a drawing of a fish before seeing it swim above an artificial reef depicted on a 6-foot-long interactive touchscreen display table.
A 25-year-old woman from Crestview suffered minor injuries and a 44-year-old woman from Crestview was seriously injured in a two-vehicle accident in Destin on Wednesday.
