Dozens of women have accused employees of a popular massage chain of sexual assault and say the company has mishandled victims' claims or not addressed them at all, according to an investigative report by BuzzFeed News.BuzzFeed reported Sunday that more than 180 women have filed police reports, complaints to state boards and lawsuits in civil court over the years against Massage Envy, a franchise that claims nearly 1,200 locations across 49 states. The women accused their massage [...]

FORT WALTON BEACH — A man is hospitalized in stable condition after a single-car wreck on Eglin Parkway Sunday night.According to Fort Walton Beach spokeswoman Jo Soria, police officers from the Fort Walton Beach Police Department responded to the area of Uptown Station on Eglin Parkway shortly before 8 p.m. Sunday night in reference to a silver Jeep SUV striking a tree. The passenger in the crash, a 33-year-old male, was ejected from the vehicle and was transported [...]

Michigan congressman under investigation that he sexually harassed female staff members, which he denies

An injury took Brenda Telford off her feet and out of a job, placing her in a financial dilemma."I waited tables, and I twisted my knee really bad, and I was on crutches," this single mother of a young teenage daughter said. "I needed help to get past that."I didn’t need disability," continued the Fort Walton Beach resident. "I just needed temporary assistance. I was out of work for three weeks. [...]

MILTON — For many months, the city has attempted to implement a feral cat program by seeking an organization to work with to trap, spay or neuter and release cats, but has had a difficult time finding an organization to partner with — until now.A HOPE for Santa Rosa County FL, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that was recently established in Milton. According to the organization’s website, HOPE stands for health, outreach, prevention and education.The [...]

Eglin Air Force Base has one prescribed burn planned in tactical training area B-7 on Sunday.The burn will be 320 acres in the western portion of the reservation, east of Range Road 753, and north of Range Road 735, and south of Range Road 700. The smoke is expected to rise to 3,900 feet with transport winds predicted to be out of the north.Smoke impacts should be minimal in sensitive areas. [...]

Silver Sands School invites the public to participate in the 8th annual Silver Sands School Angel Xpress.The Angel Xpress allows parents, businesses and community members to adopt a child from the school, providing him or her with clothing and toys.Students at the school range in ages from prekindergarten to 22 years.To sponsor a student with varying exceptionalities, contact the Silver Sands office and Valerie Perkins at 833-3364.Gifts deadline is Dec. 13.- [...]

If you’re a restaurateur looking to claim a slice of the Destin harbor, now might be your chance.Claude Perry, a local property owner, is building a two-story, 8,000-square-foot building smack dab on the harbor, in between Boathouse Oyster Bar & Grill and Duck Duck, that he plans to turn into a bar and restaurant. Perry said he isn’t going to run the restaurant, but is soliciting offers from restaurateurs to lease the coveted [...]

In last week’s column, we discussed the many benefits of living in Tourism Heaven: fine dining, upscale shopping, exciting recreational activities, top shelf entertainment and low property taxes for such high property values, benefits mostly made possible by tourism.This week, we look at the down-side of tourism as reported to me by a few of our readers. Some of my pro-tourist friends are dismayed that I would also write about the down- [...]

But some experts say cellphone-sweeping 'StingRay' technology goes too far