Okaloosa County honored Scout Troop 544 for helping find a missing autistic child in Fort Walton Beach in April.

Employees of the Okaloosa County Mosquito Control Program began conducting mosquito spraying throughout the county, excluding ...

Okaloosa County ends Crab Island boat exclusion zone, citing safety, cost, and outdated emergency access needs.

The annual Emerald Coast Open and Lionfish Festival in Destin-Fort Walton Beach successfully removed more than 20,000 invasive lionfish. According to a news ...

As America’s 250th birthday approaches, Johnson County is looking for a logo to be used for local events to mark the occasion ...

More than two dozen women across Okaloosa County were recognized May 8 during the 2025 “Women of Honor” ceremony, hosted by ...

The "Women of Honor" event recognized local women whose contributions might otherwise go unnoticed, adding their names to a ...

U.S. Airman Roger Fortson's family filed a civil lawsuit against Eddie Duran, Sheriff Eric Aden, and the apartment owner over ...

ATLANTA — Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump said he is filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy who shot and killed 23-year-old U.S. senior airman Roger ...

The lawsuit accuses the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office of inadequate training and supervision of deputies, and alleges misleading information from apartment staff led to the shooting.

The family of a U.S. airman who was killed by a Florida sheriff's deputy inside his own home in 2024 has sued the deputy, the sheriff and the owner of the airman's apartment complex.

The complaint also details alleged failures by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office in training and supervision and claims that staff at the apartment complex where Fortson lived provided ...