Local and State News

February 5, 2018 DeFuniak Springs, FL – Two subjects arrested in DeFuniak Springs for possession of nearly a pound of pot. Officers with the DeFuniak Springs Police Department received a call of a suspicious vehicle Friday morning  in the area of U.S. Highway 331 and Coy Burgess Loop. Opon arrival officers made contact with two subjects later identified as Jonathan ...

February 4, 2018 Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigators say a Fort Walton Beach couple told people a child has terminal brain cancer in a phony, yet successful attempt last fall to get donations to help with the cost of his “medical expenses”. The 13 year old has spent the last eight months believing he is going to die from brain ...

February 3, 2018 Crestview, FL – Several Crestview families were displaced and at least one child injured when a local motel caught fire early this morning. Crestview Fire Department responded to the Hilton Motel located at 353 West James Lee Blvd shortly after midnight on Saturday for a structure fire. The fire, which started in room 129, caused significant damage ...

February 2, 2018 By Brian Hughes Crestview, FL — There was lunchtime wait staff with guns at the Crestview McAlister’s Deli Monday, and at the end of the three-hour shift, a trio of Crestview Police officers participating in a Tip-A-Cop fundraiser earned nearly $500 for Special Olympics Florida. Customers kept Officers Wanda Hulion, Sam Kimmons and Terry Mace busy cleaning tables, ...

February 2, 2018 DeFuniak Springs, Fla — A week from yesterday, Walton County Sheriff’s Office will be hosting a two-day exercise aimed at evaluating law enforcement’s response to a child kidnapping. The Region 1 C.A.R.T. (Child Abduction Response Team) is made up of multiple agencies in Northwest Florida who respond when a child goes missing. This exercise will show the ...

February 1, 2018 Naples, Fla. – Today, Governor Rick Scott joined Collier County law enforcement officials to highlight his $53 million in recommended funding and proposed legislation to combat opioid abuse. The legislation, HB 21 and SB 8, follows Governor Scott’s proposal to limit the chance of drug addiction, reduce the ability for dangerous drugs to spread in Florida’s communities, give vulnerable Floridians the ...

February 2, 2018 Navarre, FL – Sheriff’s Office is currently investing a threat of violence at Holley Navarre Middle School At approximately 7pm Thursday evening, the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a threat on social media. The message came from an unknown source and indicated of a shooting at the Holley Navarre Middle School. Deputies have been ...

January 31, 2018 Shalimar, FL – A third person has been charged in connection with a Shalimar home invasion robbery that occurred August 5th 2017. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office arrested 19-year old Kaitlin Skrivanie of Fort Walton Beach on Monday. Investigators say Skrivanie helped plan and orchestrate the crime at 43 Fawn Lane by going into the house with the ...

January 31, 2018 The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is offering free hunter safety internet-completion courses in February (List follows). Students who have taken the online course and wish to complete the classroom portion must bring the online-completion report with them. All firearms, ammunition and materials are provided free of charge. Students should bring a pen or pencil ...

January 31, 2018 Calhoun County Officers Alsobrooks, Coker and Hayes were working night hunting when Officer Alsobrooks observed a truck on a county road traveling at a slow rate of speed. The truck continued to travel slowly while a spotlight out the passenger window illuminated clear-cut fields. Officer Alsobrooks followed the truck for approximately two miles and observed the passenger ...