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FORT WALTON BEACH — The City Council on Tuesday approved the first reading of an ordinance for the voluntary annexation of a church-owned property on Hill Avenue.The 13.85-acre parcel is at 233 Hill Ave. N.W., just north of the west end of Lovejoy Road. The land is owned by Miramar Beach-based Destiny Worship Center Inc., and currently stands in unincorporated Okaloosa County.The [...]

NAVARRE — A Fort Walton Beach man died and two of his three passengers were injured in a single-vehicle crash Wednesday night.According to a press release from the Florida Highway Patrol, 49-year-old David Miles Weichman suffered fatal injuries when he lost control of the Toyota Tundra he was driving on U.S. Highway 98 near Snapdragon Drive at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Weichman's car traveled onto the south shoulder of the roadway before it overturned and collided with a tree. [...]

FORT WALTON BEACH — A group of Choctawhatchee High School students is organizing a "March for our Lives" to push for gun reform and school safety.Baili Pettet, a 17-year-old senior at Choctaw who is dual enrolled and one of three student organizers of the event, said the march is part of a nationwide day of protests to encourage legislative action on gun reform.“It’s really important for us to raise awareness because students everywhere in our [...]