NICEVILLE — The Okaloosa County School District will review and revise the job description for the assistant superintendent of human resources after the former position holder — arrested for failing to report child abuse — resigned last week.At a School Board workshop Thursday, Chairman Lamar White asked the staff to review and possibly add or delete some of the roles and responsibilities of the assistant superintendent.Superintendent Mary Beth Jackson [...]

Fortunately, no residents were home at the time of the fire and no injuries were reported on scene.

CAPE CANAVERAL — The NASA spacecraft that gave us close-ups of Pluto has set a record for the farthest photos ever taken. In December — while 3.79 billion miles (6.12 billion kilometers) from Earth — the New Horizons spacecraft snapped a picture of a star cluster. The photo surpassed the "Pale Blue Dot" images of Earth taken in 1990 by NASA's Voyager 1. The images for "Pale Blue Dot" — part of a composite — were taken 3.75 billion [...]

In December, former Ruckel Middle School student Hudson Pearce addressed the current student body during its winter assembly.In his junior year at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Cadet Pearce spoke to the students about opportunities with all service academies, highlighting the importance of academic focus, community service and good citizenship.During the winter assembly, students were recognized as the school’s Core Value honor recipients: Jack Messmore, Mary Louise Dodson, [...]

It was Trump's first comment on the allegations against Rob Porter, who has been one of his most trusted staffers until this week.

American, United, Delta and Southwest airlines warned travelers to expect more flight cancellations to and from Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio.

Child mistakenly thought firearm was a pellet gun

On Feb. 8 the All Sports Association donated $8,500 to the Niceville Football Little League and Emerald Coast United soccer club.The funds will be used to install lights at Twin Oaks Recreation Area in Niceville to expand opportunities for many youth sports leagues throughout the year.The city of Niceville will provide in-kind services and match funds raised by our community.

NICEVILLE — Earlier this year, Rotary International President Ian Riseley challenged locals clubs to plant a tree for each Rotary member.It was a challenge the Mid-Bay Rotary Club was willing to accept.On Feb. 2 the club split up in two groups and planted 50 crepe myrtle trees at eight schools in the Mid-Bay area. The schools were Bluewater Elementary, Plew Elementary, Ruckel Middle School, Niceville High School, Eglin Elementary, STEMM Academy, Lewis [...]

White House counsel Don McGahn said in a letter to the committee that the memo contains "numerous properly classified and especially sensitive passages" and asked the Democrats to revise the memo with the help of the Justice Department.