FORT WALTON BEACH — Fort Walton Beach Medical Center’s Heart Center recently introduced a new minimally invasive technique for the treatment of patients with atrial fibrillation, an irregular and often rapid hertbeat.Patients with atrial fibrillation routinely are treated with anticoagulants to prevent the formation of blood clots. However, patients who may not be able to take anticoagulants can have the newly available left atrial apendage procedure to avoid [...]

“With these smaller crowds, it is easier to manage. We still have that criminal element coming down to take advantage of the situation. But it's not near what it used to be."

Wreck ignited a fire that forced nearby residents to evacuate, authorities said

These Florida lotteries were drawn Sunday:Fantasy 5: 02-10-11-32-33Pick 2 Evening: 7-3Pick 2 Midday: 2-7Pick 3 Evening: 9-4-2Pick 3 Midday: 0-0-9Pick 4 Evening: 9-3-1-1Pick 4 Midday: 3-3-8-5Pick 5 Evening: 3-4-9-4-2Powerball: estimated jackpot $40 millionMega [...]

Texas' capital city was rocked by the fourth bombing this month, which injured two people and which the police chief says was caused by a tripwire and showed "a different level of skill" than the package bombs used in the three prior attacks.

Only 1 ticket can claim the huge March 17 jackpot, the eighth largest ever

PANAMA CITY BEACH — It was one of those times when you have no idea what you are looking at. Flopping at the surface, the fish seemed to be nothing short of impossibly proportioned. Its tail was a scalloped stump. Its fins looked too far back and too small for its body. In short, it looked like the kind of fish a small child might draw. Staring at it, Patrick Ashley had "no clue what it was." So he did the logical thing, took a picture and posted it on the [...]

These Florida lotteries were drawn Saturday:Fantasy 5: 06-08-25-27-34Lotto: 05-23-24-34-36-41, estimated jackpot $2 millionLotto XTRA: 04Powerball: 22-57-59-60-66, Powerball 7, Power Play 2, estimated jackpot $455 millionMega Millions: estimated jackpot $377 millionPick 2 Evening: 8-0Pick 2 Midday: 2-5Pick 3 [...]

A Northwest Florida man is hospitalized in serious condition after crashing into a police vehicle early Saturday morning.According to a Florida Highway Patrol press release, George Joseph Holleran, 61, of Panama City, ran a stop sign on County Road 2314 in Bay County and crashed his 2005 Chevrolet Malibu into a department-owned Ford F150 pickup driven by a Panama City police officer at 12:14 a.m.With the crash occurring at the intersection with State Road 389, the force of [...]

Rocky Bayou Christian Academy’s academic team — undefeated during the regular season — took on Collegiate High School — which suffered one regular-season loss — in the Okaloosa Schools/Cox Communications Academic Tournament.Match 12 gave Collegiate a must-win in the double elimination round, defeating Rocky Bayout 200-140.Match 13 saw Rocky Bayou bounce back to claim the championship, 215-185.Rocky Bayou Capt. Elijah Suh [...]