FORT WALTON BEACH — Raeleen McDaniel was the first Friday the 13th customer to line the sidewalk of U.S. Highway 98 in downtown Fort Walton Beach as she waited to take advantage of the special at Defiance Tattoo Company.McDaniel, who said she received her first tattoo of a microphone last Friday the 13th, prepared to get nine new tattoos before noon Friday."We got here at 6:40 this morning," McDaniel said. "I'm so pumped and excited. I'm getting trees, a mountain, a [...]

Organizers decided to create a memorial near the entrance to the prom ballroom, at the Westin Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort

PONCE DE LEON — The Walton County Sheriff's Office has positively identified two bodies that were found after a house fire March 29.Raymond Leon Yancey, 61, and Rebecca Rushing-Barker, 55, were killed in the fire, according to the Sheriff's Office.Walton County Fire Rescue and sheriff’s deputies responded to a home on County Road 181-C in the early morning following a frantic 911 call from a relative. The home was engulfed in flames when [...]

The timing of the strike on the air base in the central Homs province, hours after President Donald Trump said there would be "a big price to pay" for the chemical weapons attack, raised questions about whether Israel was acting alone or as a proxy for the United States.

After Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill last week that resolved the case, a Panama City farmer has dropped a constitutional challenge to a 2017 law that included criteria for awarding a potentially lucrative medical-marijuana license to a black farmerAttorneys for Columbus Smith filed a notice Tuesday in Leon County circuit court that they were dismissing the lawsuit.The 2017 law required one medical-marijuana license to go to a black farmer who had been part of settled lawsuits, [...]

TALLAHASSEE — Calling Washington “horribly dysfunctional,” Florida Gov. Rick Scott is challenging U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in an election that could be one of the most expensive and highly watched races in the nation. In scripted remarks made available ahead of his announcement in Orlando, the Republican governor was expected to criticize “career politicians” and call for term limits for members of Congress while formally announcing his [...]

The results come from an extension of a big study of Chantix and Zyban that earlier found no increased risks for severe psychiatric problems including suicidal behavior. Those findings were reported in 2016.

This president has never been one to stick to a script, but a recently abandoned speech illustrates a new phase in Trump's presidency. He is increasingly at odds with his staff — and growing wise to their tactics.

DESTIN — Crews responded to a sewage leak in a gated Miramar Beach neighborhood on Sunday morning.According to a press release from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, at 10:45 a.m. Sunday personnel at South Walton Utility Company, Inc. got a call about a manhole overflowing at 304 Tequesta Drive, in the Emerald Lakes subdivision.Once on site, SWUCI personnel determined that the raw sewage pump station's control unit had faulted out, not allowing the [...]

SEACREST — The Walton County Sheriff's Office is hoping to reunite a bride with her lost wedding ring set.According to WCSO, a private resident reached out to them after the discovering the rings on Saturday night on the beach near Seacrest.The resident told authorities the ring and band were located together, as if a person may have taken them off and placed them on a blanket.The person who located the rings was walking on the beach near Cottage Way, Walton Gulf [...]