FORT WALTON BEACH — Ken Hinrichs, a resident of Bluewater Bay in Niceville, has accepted the United Way of Okaloosa and Walton Counties’ president/CEO position. He takes office July 1.
LAUREL HILL — Fist bumps and high fives were plentiful in Debra Adams' classroom Friday evening as the 34 members of the Laurel Hill School Class of 2013 prepared for their graduation ceremony.
CRESTVIEW — Seniors vs. Crime has a message for shady contractors, crooked auto maintenance shops and anyone else who thinks they can defraud a senior citizen:
The Okaloosa County Tax Collector’s Crestview and Fort Walton Beach branches are now another resource where Florida-born residents can purchase birth certificates.
BAKER — Wyatt Oglesby, 11, died on Wednesday as a result of an all-terrain vehicle incident on William Gary Johnson Road, an official from the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office said.
FORT WALTON BEACH — Three Okaloosa County parks may have potentially hazardous bathing water, the Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa County stated this week.
BAKER — Ninety Baker School graduates flipped their mortarboard tassels to the left Thursday night and processed into Gator history. A whole new life awaited many.
