OKALOOSA ISLAND — Though its owners have said nothing about what’s happening at Okaloosa Island’s Fudpucker’s Beachside Bar and Grill, word has slipped out that what was announced as a “major remodeling” has become a “transition.” [...]

Asked by a reporter whether President Vladimir Putin bears responsibility, Trump said, "He may, yeah, he may. And if he does it's going to be very tough, very tough." He added, "Everybody's gonna pay a price. He will, everybody will."

CRESTVIEW — A Tom Thumb convenience store was the scene of a car crash late Monday morning.The driver of a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck drove through the windows at the front of the store, located at Highway 85 and P.J. Adams ParkwayCrestview Police Officer David Sampson, who responded to the scene, said the driver’s foot became stuck under the pedals of the vehicle and he could not come to a stop in time before crashing through the front of the store. [...]

FORT WALTON BEACH — Rex Fitzgerald is only 33 years old, but he has been jailed about five times, or roughly the same number of times that he's been hospitalized.He has lost three of his fingers, suffered a stroke and has battled blood clots and a series of heart infections.Before one of his heart surgeries, doctors told Fitzgerald's mother to start looking into making funeral arrangements for her [...]

Scott Pruitt makes his case for why he should remain amid a stream of questions about his ethical standing

Several South Florida cities are installing special first-aid kits in public spaces to help prevent gunshot victims from bleeding out

BRADENTON — A Florida high school student who didn’t wear a bra one day this week says school administrators told her to cover her nipples because they were distracting her classmates.The Bradenton Herald reported Friday that 17-year-old Lizzy Martinez decided not to wear a bra under her gray long-sleeve shirt on Monday, and school officials in Bradenton felt she became a target of other students’ stares. The school is on Florida’s Gulf Coast. [...]

FORT WALTON BEACH – A couple with a long history of domestic violence were visited by police officers again after the woman picked up a knife and threatened to stab her husband.She told Fort Walton Beach Police Department officers that she was trying to pack her things to leave but her husband got mad. She said he has physically battered her in the past so as the situation escalated, she got a kitchen knife and threatened to kill him. The couple’s two minor [...]

Crash sends shockwaves through the team's small hometown and a country united by the national sport

Fire was in a residential apartment at the tower, Trump's son says