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Okaloosa County ends Crab Island boat exclusion zone, citing safety, cost, and outdated emergency access needs.
A New Jersey man has been arrested in Walton County on Sunday, May 18. According to the Walton County Sheriff’s Office Facebook, the out-of-state fugitive ...
Two Farmington men have been arrested on felony drug charges following a an investigation that netted a kilo of cocaine, cash ...
It happened around 2:45 a.m. Monday, May 12, near Fort Walton Beach and the injured man ended up in a hospital, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office reported in a May 14 news release. Fort Walton ...
A Chipley man was arrested and faces drug-related charges after officers saw him driving a bulldozer on Monday night.
Law enforcement and the apartment complex engaged in a "cascade of negligent, reckless, and unconstitutional actions" that ...
Big picture view: The shooting ... a pattern and practice here in Okaloosa County," Crump added, criticizing what he called systemic issues in the sheriff’s office. Meka Fortson also expressed ...
Robert Markel and his dog were found mauled to death on May 5, 2025, in a black bear attack in rural Jerome in Collier County ...
Council members discussed the intersection’s dangerous reputation, with Councilman Jim Bagby noting that, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office, it is the 10th most dangerous ...
Duran, an Army veteran, was fired from his job at the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office after the shooting following an internal affairs investigation that determined his "use of deadly force was ...
The complaint filed in federal court in Pensacola details alleged failures by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office in training and supervision and claims that staff at the apartment complex ...