March 21, 2018 Ft. Walton Beach, Fla – The Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa County (DOH-Okaloosa) conducts bi-weekly saltwater beach water quality monitoring at 11 sites through the Healthy Beaches Monitoring Program. Samples are collected from March through the end of October. The water samples are analyzed for enteric bacteria (enterococci) that normally inhabit the intestinal tract of humans and animals and ...
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March 21, 2018 Walton County, Fla — At the end of 2017 the Walton County Sheriff’s Office Posse will have volunteered more than 9,500 hours to the community it serves. The 18 member unit tallied 9,545 hours total contributing approximately $216,000 worth of value to Walton County in the way of public safety. That number is according to the latest ...
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March 21, 2018 Holt, FL – A Holt man says an argument with his live-in girlfriend ended with her picking up a hammer from the floorboard of their car and striking him in the head several times. 28-year old Megan Ostman is charged with aggravated battery in connection with the incident which took place around five p.m. off Log Lake Road on ...
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March 20, 2018 Escambia County Officer Land was on patrol at Pensacola Beach conducting resource inspections and approached an individual who was surf fishing on the beach. A large tail was protruding from a five-gallon bucket filled with water near the subject. The red drum was over the maximum size of 27 inches. The fish was released to the water ...
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March 19, 2018 By David Rainer The bobwhite quail opportunities in the Alabama Black Belt were put under intense scrutiny recently. As expected, the Black Belt quail experience received nothing but praise. Alabama Black Belt Adventures and sponsors hosted representatives of Quail Forever and the outdoors media for a grand tour of the quail hunting in the Alabama area famous ...
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March 20, 2018 Laurel Hill, FL – A Laurel Hill man being held in the Walton County jail is facing charges in Okaloosa County ranging from aggravated battery to felony animal cruelty in the gruesome mutilation death of his father’s dog. 22-year old Michael Reeves was wanted in Okaloosa County in connection with a domestic battery on his father March 7th. ...
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March 20, 2018 Destin, FL – An Oklahoma man renting a Destin home is charged with hosting an open house party after allowing underage attendees to consume alcoholic beverages. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies were responding to a noise complaint at 3463 Scenic Highway 98 today around 2:45 p.m. A deputy spotted up to 30 people in the home’s pool with ...
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Crestview, FL — The Crestview Police Department is investigating a Home Invasion Shooting that occurred early Saturday morning just blocks away for the police department. According to an email from Brian Hughes, Public Information Officer for the Crestview Police Department, Tiffany Gibson called 911 reporting a home invasion at 202 Virginia Street at 1:57 a.m. on March 17th. Officers were ...
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March 17, 2018 Crestview, FL – Investigation continues into a shooting that took place late Friday night on W. Hickory Ave in Crestview Public Housing that left two men in critical condition. The Crestview Police Department were first called to the Waffle House at 298 W James Lee Blvd at approximately 10:30 pm Friday night in reference to two gunshot ...
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March 14, 2018 Shalimar, FL – A Meigs Middle School student has been charged with issuing a written threat to kill or do bodily injury. A handwritten note outlining the threat was found in a boys’ bathroom at the school around 7 a.m. Tuesday morning and turned over to the School Resource Officer to investigate. The note specifically mentioned an intention ...
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