Crestview, FL – A traffic accident in the Auburn Community Friday night has claimed the life of a Laurel Hill man. According to a press release from the Florida Highway Patrol, 22 year-old Brian Rodgers, of Crestview, was traveling west bound on Auburn Rd in a 1996 Chevrolet S10 truck. 55 year-old Douglas Hand, of Laurel Hill, was traveling north ...
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Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019 Crestview, FL – The Crestview Police Department responded to a traffic crash that caused extensive delays this morning, shortly before 10:00 a.m. According to a press release from Crestview Police Department, officers responded to just north of the Railroad Overpass at the intersection of Ferdon Boulevard (State Highway 85) and Oakdale Avenue to a two vehicle accident. ...
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Eglin AFB, FL – According to a press release from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), three men have been arrested on Eglin AFB property during a two day detail involving illegal harvesting of native plants. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission worked a two-day detail into the illegal harvest of saw palmetto berries in Walton and ...
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Thursday, September 12, 2019 by Brian Hughes Crestview, FL – His legend may have been largely self-manufactured, but that won’t stop Crestview from celebrating Wild West gambler and dentist “Doc” Holliday’s 168th birthday at a free community festival filled with history, lore, artifacts and a Wild West gunfight reenactment. The 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 14 Warriors Hall event is ...
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Monday, September 09, 2019 Crestview, FL – The Crestview Police Department recently responded to two separate shooting over the weekend whereas two residences were struck. On Saturday, September 07, 2019, at 5:00 p.m., the Crestview Police Department responded to an incident regarding an unknown person shooting a firearm in the area of W Edney Avenue and Lincoln Street. When officers ...
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Friday, September 6, 2019 Crestview, FL – A Crestview man is now in custody following a stand-off with Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies who went to his home this morning to serve him with a felony warrant for attempted murder. 27-year old Stephen Cordova of 131 Cabana Way initially refused to come outside. The OCSO Special Response Team and Crisis Negotiations ...
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Friday, September 6, 2019 Holmes County, FL – A warrant has been issued for a DeFuniak Springs man who fled from a Walton County investigator into Holmes County around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, September 3. A deputy with the Holmes County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a reckless motorcycle entering Holmes County and traveling East on Highway 90. Dispatch ...
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Thursday, September 5, 2019 DeFuniak Springs, Fla — Local first responders stepped in to help a mother deliver twins late Wednesday afternoon. At 3:41 PM on Wednesday, September 5, 2019, Walton County Fire Rescue and the DeFuniak Springs Fire Department were dispatched to a home on Orson Drive for a 25-year-old woman who was in labor. Walton County Fire Rescue ...
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September 5, 2019 Choctaw Beach, Fla — An escaped inmate from Tallahassee is apprehended in Walton County with the help of Florida Fish and Wildlife. While patrolling the area of Choctaw Beach at around 5 pm Wednesday a Florida Fish and Wildlife Officer spotted a vehicle matching the description of one driven by an escaped inmate out of Leon County. ...
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Thursday, September 5, 2019 Crestview, Fl – On Wednesday, September 04, 2019, at approximately 4:45 p.m., officers of the Crestview Police Department responded to the intersection of Booker Street and Walnut Avenue in reference to multiple 911 calls reporting that someone was shooting at a vehicle in the area. When officers arrived on scene, it was determined that two people ...
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