OKALOOSA COUNTY — The Okaloosa County Mosquito Control Program will begin its evening broadcast spray schedule based on mosquito surveillance data and other factors next month. Crews have already begun spot spraying, according to a press release from Okaloosa County.Below is the spray schedule for Okaloosa County:Monday:North County: John Riley Barnhill Road to Escambia Farms, Vinson Ray Road, Beaver Creek to north Baker, Highway 90 [...]

The surf is expected to be rough for the rest of the week and swimmers should be extremely cautious.

To the surprise of no one who has paid even casual attention to the NCAA tournament, a bobblehead of Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt became the best seller in the history of the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum within 48 hours of its release.The 98-year-old nun, who leads the Loyola Chicago men's basketball team in prayer before each game, is perhaps college basketball's most recognized new personality in the midst of the Ramblers' improbable march to the Final Four as a No. 11 [...]

White House spokesman Raj Shah declined to say whether the president had actually watched the Sunday broadcast.

To win a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, Democrats would need a tremendous electoral wave not seen in more than 40 years.

TALLAHASSEE — Pointing to quick reductions in monthly electric bills, state regulators Monday approved a plan that will lead to Gulf Power Co. passing along more than $100 million in savings to customers because of the federal tax overhaul. Gulf, which has 460,000 customers in Northwest Florida, and other utilities put together such plans after Congress and President Donald Trump approved a package in December that included cutting the federal corporate income-tax [...]

Kyle Morningstar's fishing trip Saturday ended like a movie scene, complete with screams, when a large shark popped up next to where he was pulling up his boat's anchor."Holy (expletive) (expletive)," Morningstar and his friend Ian Smith are heard shouting. "Oh my (expletive) God, bro," the men shouted in a video that [...]

The winter calving season for critically endangered right whales is ending without a single newborn being spotted off the southeast U.S. coast, a reproductive drought unseen for three decades that experts say brings the rare species a perilous step closer to extinction."It's a pivotal moment for right whales," said Barb Zoodsma, who oversees the right whale recovery program in the U.S. Southeast for the National Marine Fisheries Service. "If we don't get serious and figure this out, [...]

Technology companies accounted for much of the broad rally, which powered the Dow Jones industrial average to a gain of nearly 670 points.

"A lot of our students don't have the voice to speak out, so I want someone watching. I want someone watching and asking if we're doing things the right way."