I asked PAWS Director Dee Thompson to share a list of the reasons pets are surrendered.

CRESTVIEW — The Okaloosa County Commission recently approved an option agreement to buy up to 1,665 acres of Shoal River Ranch land for potential economic development.The option is for three years, includes the ability to obtain a one-year extension and allows the county to purchase all or any part of the acreage involved. Shoal River Ranch, located just east of Crestview, is owned by the Holland M. Ware Charitable Foundation [...]

Panhandle Package, in tiny Campbellton, is among the winningest lottery sales locations in the state.

FORT WALTON BEACH — The Rev. Cecil Williams envisions the roughly 3,000-square-foot House of Valor as "an abode of light and love" for some local homeless veterans.Williams, of Greg Chapel AME Church and the Fort Walton Beach-based nonprofit Third Chance Inc., spearheaded a groundbreaking ceremony Saturday afternoon for the planned House of Valor. It will be a six-unit apartment complex at 10 Nicholson St. that will provide [...]

The 19-year-old girl was not wearing a seat belt during the fatal rollover.

The emails in question pertain to 13 senior Trump transition officials

The lawsuit declares that as a result of the actions taken against her by Superintendent Mary Beth Jackson and her subordinates, Marline Van Dyke has suffered the loss of past and future wages and benefits.

"We are elected to hear the people we serve. Putting it on the ballot is the only way."

Florida Highway Patrol is requesting the public's help in locating a Volvo tractor-trailer involved in a fatal hit-and-run on Interstate 10 in Okaloosa County.According to a FHP press release, 71-year-old David E. Ingram of Tallahassee was struck and killed at some point early Sunday morning at mile marker 61 on the highway. The fatal hit-and-run occurred in the westbound outside emergency lane.Ingram was impacted directly by the front of the semi, which did not stop. [...]