On the rainy, early afternoon of May 10, and on the heels of an overnight storm that toppled trees and power lines and damaged businesses and homes in much of Crestview, crews were making progress on the Hub City’s Main Street Renovation project.
Eglin Air Force Base — In an open area of the Eglin range known as B-70, a group of Air Force field grade officers and black-shirted innovators huddled together above an eight-pound model aircraft as they raced against their deadline to build it.
Off the coast of Destin and Fort Walton Beach, you’ll find underwater habitats teaming with marine life. While fish and other species have made these habitats their homes, the habitats haven’t been there long.
The familiar sound of power saws filled the air across North Okaloosa County on Friday morning as business and residents began cleanup after the overnight storm that struck the area.
Most of the damage seemed more cosmetic, but that face lift of getting downed branches and moving debris still had to be taken care of.
Eglin Air Force Base — Dressed in the bright whites, deep blues and dense blacks of their service uniforms, Airmen, Marines, Sailors and Soldiers returned this year to honor and remember their fallen explosive ordnance disposal brethren May 4.
Joining The Baker School volleyball team in bringing home top honors in the 2023-24 school year, The Baker School band finished the year with a championship performance of its own receiving the first Superior rating in the program’s history at last month’s state competition in Tallahassee.
The EF-2 tornado that began blasting Okaloosa County around 3 a.m. Friday, May 10, toppled trees, damaged buildings and signs and downed power lines in much of Crestview but especially on the city’s north end.
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputy who fatally shot U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Roger Fortson last week “knocked on the correct door,” “announced himself twice” and shot Fortson because the airman “arrived at the door with a firearm in his hand,” Sheriff Eric Aden said at a news conference today.
Divers from across the country will be descending on the beautiful Gulf of Mexico waters from May 17-19 for the main event of Destin-Fort Walton Beach’s Emerald Coast Open, the world’s largest lionfish tournament.
