CRESTVIEW — Okaloosa County’s lease of 130 acres of Eglin Air Force Base land that contains the Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport will be extended by 25 years and expire on July 30, 2063, instead of in 2038.The extension was part of a lease amendment that the County Commission unanimously approved on Tuesday. The revised agreement includes a new payment structure that eventually might lead to an estimated [...]

Action could soften the blow amid threats of retaliation by trading partners and dire economic warnings from lawmakers and businesses

New Hampshire woman says she will give $50 million to charity just to keep her identity private

TALLAHASSEE — It doesn't include the assault weapons ban that students who survived Florida's deadly school shooting demanded of lawmakers, but the state's Senate narrowly passed a bill that would create new restrictions on rifle sales and allow some teachers to carry guns in schools. Meanwhile, prosecutors and lawyers for the victims are going to court to handle the aftermath of the Valentine's Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the court system. [...]

NAVARRE BEACH — Linda Johnson typically spends most mornings walking along the beach.While visiting Gulf Island National Seashore on Monday, she noticed something odd near the shoreline. Upon closer inspection she discovered it was a Kemp's ridley turtle lying in the sand with fishing line wrapped around its front left flipper."It was probably not dead for too long. I saw the fins still flopping when the water touched," she said.Johnson has lived in [...]

ASHLAND, Ohio — An 8-year-old boy loaded a rifle, repeatedly shot his 4-year-old sister at home and then informed their mother, who left work to check the girl's injuries, cleaned up a bloody bed cover and returned to work, leaving the children alone again, a prosecutor said.Alyssa Edwards, 27, is jailed on child endangerment charges related to the Saturday shooting in Hayesville, about 70 miles (110 kilometers) southwest of Cleveland.Her attorney, Donald Wick, said [...]

When Barry first admitted Jan. 31 to having an affair with Sgt. Robert Forrest, she said she planned to stay in office. But on Tuesday morning, she entered the guilty plea, and her lawyer said in court hearing that Barry would resign later in the day as part of the agreement.

DESTIN — The City Council on Monday agreed that it needs more information before it can decide whether to finalize and open the city’s planned Zerbe Street pay-to-park parking lot.In a recent memo to City Manager Carisse LeJeune, city Public Services Director David Campbell said staff planned to install pay-to-park regulatory and informational signs this week at the 51-space lot, which is on the northeast corner of Zerbe [...]

School District: “The good news is the app works for sure and generates an amazing response from law enforcement. Our apologies for the false alarm.”

“I found a good spot up here for a snipers nest. Could lock everything from the square to 14th and another few blocks down,” agents quote him as saying on Facebook.