Three people from Crestview were arrested as part of a Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) sting that resulted in 19 drug trafficking arrests from an operation in Fort Walton Beach.
On land development issues, the Okaloosa County Commission and Planning Commission have an attorney to help guide them, and developers have their own lawyers, says Lane Watkins.
Operation Dry Water weekend takes place July 4-6. The national weekend of Boating Under the Influence detection and enforcement is aimed at reducing the number of alcohol- and drug-related boating incidents and fatalities. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and other participating law enforcement agencies will work together to make Florida waterways safer by identifying and removing dangerous or impaired vessel operators.
An explosion, heard from more than 20 miles away, rocked and decimated the walls of the barracks near King Abdulaziz Air Base as frantic screams of terror pour out of the building.
Reactions from Coney Island customers to the new parallel parking spots in the Main Street renovation project’s phase-one area have been mixed, says the restaurant’s owner, Julia Phillips.
At Thursday night’s Okaloosa County candidate forum, Parker Destin cited funding issues and David Schmidt named staffing shortages as some of the county School District’s biggest challenges.
The topics of tourism, growth and infrastructure in Okaloosa County dominated much of the discussion in the portion of Thursday night’s county candidate forum that featured remarks from seven County Commissioner candidates.
While two candidates seeking to become the next Okaloosa County Sheriff support better training of deputies, incumbent Eric Aden views the Sheriff’s Office as already being a model agency for such preparation.
