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FORT WALTON BEACH — The Rev. Cecil Williams envisions the roughly 3,000-square-foot House of Valor as "an abode of light and love" for some local homeless veterans.Williams, of Greg Chapel AME Church and the Fort Walton Beach-based nonprofit Third Chance Inc., spearheaded a groundbreaking ceremony Saturday afternoon for the planned House of Valor. It will be a six-unit apartment complex at 10 Nicholson St. that will provide [...]

The 19-year-old girl was not wearing a seat belt during the fatal rollover.

The emails in question pertain to 13 senior Trump transition officials

The lawsuit declares that as a result of the actions taken against her by Superintendent Mary Beth Jackson and her subordinates, Marline Van Dyke has suffered the loss of past and future wages and benefits.

"We are elected to hear the people we serve. Putting it on the ballot is the only way."

Florida Highway Patrol is requesting the public's help in locating a Volvo tractor-trailer involved in a fatal hit-and-run on Interstate 10 in Okaloosa County.According to a FHP press release, 71-year-old David E. Ingram of Tallahassee was struck and killed at some point early Sunday morning at mile marker 61 on the highway. The fatal hit-and-run occurred in the westbound outside emergency lane.Ingram was impacted directly by the front of the semi, which did not stop. [...]

DESTIN — Two local history buffs pulled off a minor miracle at Destin Middle School on Friday, holding a cafeteria full of fifth-graders in quiet attention as they brought the Civil War to life.Parker Destin, a city councilman and Destin History and Fishing Museum board member, teamed up with P.O. Cole, an eight-grade history teacher at Destin Middle, to give students nearly an hour of insights into the "Great Rebellion."Destin, a student at the middle school a couple of [...]

Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office Capt. Terry Watkins honored on 40 years as volunteer.