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OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — Two Okaloosa County parks have received water advisories just ahead of the summer swimming season. According to a news release from the Florida Health Department ...
For more information, contact at 580-255-8718, email [email protected] or visit the Stephens County Genealogy Library, located at at 321 N. 8th in Duncan. The Genealogy Library is open from 9 a ...
Okaloosa County has made purchasing and sinking ships with tourist development tax dollars a priority in recent years, which has made the Destin area a diving destination. It’s an effort that ...
Next week, the Okaloosa County Board of Commissioners will discuss a $9 million proposal to sink the SS United States between Destin and Fort Walton Beach, creating the world's largest artificial ...
OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — An Okaloosa County woman was arrested Monday after she allegedly drowned her roommate’s pet spider, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. Acc… ...
City council members were elected to Fort Walton Beach and Laurel Hill The results are in for two municipal elections in Okaloosa County (WJHG) By WJHG Newsroom Published: Mar. 14, 2023 at 6:44 PM PDT ...
In the relatively short five-and-a-half years he'd spent as an Okaloosa County deputy prior to his tragic Christmas Eve death, Corporal Ray Hamilton had received two Life Saving Awards.
The Destin Library will host the outdoor festival "Fall on the Lawn" from 6 to 8 p.m. on Oct. 21. Visit readokaloosa.org to find out more about the Okaloosa County Public Library Cooperative.
Okaloosa County and two other large cities in the county all applied for the same grant. Instead of working toward one application and deciding where to best use the grant, all three grants were ...
Okaloosa County deputies arrested Knox after they say in an arrest report they discovered 45 grams of suspected crack cocaine and 11 grams of suspected cocaine powder in the bag.
Okaloosa’s economy is healthy with 97,381 people employed in Okaloosa County which is 4,003 more than one year ago. The unemployment rate is 2.9%, one of the lowest in Florida’s 67 counties.