PANAMA CITY — Florida State University Police Officer Freddy Kinard was called in to help escort an unwanted visitor off the Gulf Coast State College campus Monday who definitely didn’t have the proper student ID. Kinard, who patrols FSU PC and GCSC, said he received a call from across Collegiate Drive that morning about a three-foot-long alligator hanging out under some equipment from the construction site in the athletics building parking lot. Unfortunately the school [...]

HAVANA (AP) — A 57-year-old bureaucrat replaced Raul Castro as the president of Cuba on Thursday, launching a new political era as a government led by a single family for six decades tries to ensure the long-term survival of one of the world's last communist states.The National Assembly announced that Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez had been approved as the sole candidate for president.The 86-year-old Castro will remain head of the Communist Party, which is [...]

CRESTVIEW — A recent traffic stop became anything but routine for a Crestview man when it unearthed a warrant linking him to a recent South Carolina burglary.Christopher Shimeld, 34, spent last week in the Okaloosa County Jail after a license check turned up a warrant seeking him for the Feb. 28 burglary of a tobacco shop in Elgin, South Carolina. Shimeld was stopped by an Okaloosa County deputy shortly after 4:30 p.m. on April 6 for driving 68 mph in a 55 mph zone. [...]

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday that his rival, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, isn't asking for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Korean Peninsula as a precondition for abandoning his nuclear weapons.

Carver County Attorney Mark Metz's announcement came just hours after documents revealed that a doctor who was accused of illegally prescribing an opioid for Prince had agreed to pay $30,000 to settle a federal civil violation.

At a news conference, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross said he "failed miserably" in addressing the arrests.

Columbine High School students will stick with their tradition of holding a day of service to commemorate the tragedy in a community that includes both those who have pushed for gun control and to arm teachers.

Southwest Airlines opposed a recommendation by the engine manufacturer to require ultrasonic inspections of certain fan blades within 12 months, saying it needed more time to conduct the work.

SHALIMAR – The Okaloosa Board of County Commissioners has declared April 24 Mia Manganello Day throughout the county.The commission formally made the declaration honoring Manganello, who earned a spot on the United States Olympic speed skating team and a bronze medal in the 2018 Winter Games, at a meeting on April 17.Although Manganello, a Crestview native, has largely been speed skating, she began her path to the Olympics at a roller rink in her hometown, according to a [...]

Following months of harassment, Michael Hill abandoned his job and home state for Palm Springs, Calif.