Sep 4, 2024
County administrator receives pay hike
To reward his hard work and bring his annual salary more in line with his peers from similar-sized counties, Okaloosa County Administrator John Hofstad received a just over $24,000 hike in his annual salary on Tuesday.
Sep 4, 2024
Officials, residents discuss future ‘Patriots Park’
The highest-priority features of Okaloosa County’s future “Patriots Park” next to the Shoal River by south Crestview will be hiking, walking, and biking trails.
Sep 4, 2024
Meet Southside’s new principal Amy Bowles
The new Southside Primary principal, Amy Bowles, says all the learning, education and life circumstances brought her to the school at the right time and in the right way.
Sep 4, 2024
Eglin Airmen win 15th annual Medic Rodeo
Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico – Eglin Air Force Base’s own 96th Medical Group once again claimed the top spot at the 15th annual Medic Rodeo held last week at Cannon, New Mexico.
Sep 3, 2024
Dominate the spectrum: 350th SWW enables EW capabilities for Ukrainian F-16s
The 68th Electronic Warfare Squadron recently collaborated with their Danish and Norwegian counterparts in support of the delivery of F-16s from Denmark and the Netherlands to Ukraine, as announced by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken earlier last month at the NATO Public Forum.
Sep 2, 2024
40-year-old visitor drowns in Destin after getting caught in rip current
A 40-year-old visitor drowned in Destin on Sunday afternoon, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.
Aug 31, 2024
Baker rallies late to beat Destin in back-and-forth game
You can learn a lot about a football team when they’re down late and the pressure is on.
Aug 30, 2024
Woman suing Walton County hospital, claims her husband died after liver removed instead of spleen
A local attorney says a woman is pursuing criminal and civil lawsuits against Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast Hospital in Walton County after a surgeon removed her husband’s liver instead of his spleen, resulting in his death.
Aug 30, 2024
$4.8M water tower to serve new school and Crestview’s west side
The city of Crestview’s planned seventh water tower will stand on a parcel that will also contain a K-8 school, next to the future southwest Crestview bypass.
Aug 30, 2024
C-130’s First Flight 70th Anniversary
Members of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s C-130 Program Office gathered for a group photo with an AC-130A Spectre Gunship on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, on the 70th anniversary date of the C-130’s first flight, which occurred on August 23, 1954.