Senior Master Sergeant Amber Burke of Fort Walton High School has been recognized as the 2025 Overall AF/SF Junior JROTC ...

Formerly chief executive of Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach, Walker currently serves as executive chairman of the bank’s board. Walker has spent over 50 years with the bank, which was founded ...

The 69th Annual Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival takes place in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, from May 15-19. The festival includes a mock invasion led by "Captain Billy Bowlegs," fireworks ...

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. -- A 13-year-old battling cancer was sworn in as an honorary officer by the Fort Walton Beach Police Department on Wednesday. Devarjaye “DJ” Daniel is a native of ...

Fort Walton Beach Police Chief Robert Bage speaks during a ceremony at the Florida Sheriffs Association in Tallahassee on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, as Devarjaye "DJ" Daniel holds a police uniform shirt.

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. -- Police are cracking down on drivers speeding in school zones in Fort Walton Beach. School zone traffic cameras are in place outside nine schools. After a month of ...

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. -- The Fort Walton Beach Police Department announced Monday that their "School Zone Traffic Cameras" recorded over 3,000 speeding violations during their 30-day warning ...

Fort Walton Beach will issue $100 civil citations to drivers speeding in school zones starting May 7. Nine schools have automated photo enforcement systems installed after a 30-day warning period ...

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. -- A Fort Walton Beach man was charged with video voyeurism and burglary on Wednesday. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office arrested 30-year old Jason Carpenter.

A fire at a Fort Walton Beach quadplex displaced all residents on April 27. The fire, which started on the exterior of a middle unit, spread to the attic and heavily damaged two units. No injuries ...

Fort Walton Beach Mayor Nic Allegretto publicly criticized City Council member Payne Walker for spreading disinformation through a satirical Facebook page. Allegretto cited instances where ...

I have purchased two cars from Toyota of Fort Walton Beach. My first experience was ... It has been over three months and five trips on a walker due to a broken femur to the dealership I made ...