Fort Walton Beach teenager murdered
Fort Walton Beach teenager murdered
Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies responding to a call of shots fired in the Fort Walton Beach last night found a 19-year old male on the ground beside a fence with a gunshot wound to the chest. Cordell Smart of Dona Avenue was later pronounced dead at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center. Deputies were called … read more
Mississippi man drowns in Destin
Mississippi man drowns in Destin
A man who died after being found unconscious in the Gulf of Mexico Saturday has been identified as 65 year old Richard Montague of Jackson, Mississippi. Deputies say Montague was swimming with a friend out towards the second sand bar behind 770 Gulf Shores Drive around 3:30 Saturday afternoon when his friend lost sight of … read more
Navarre Korean War vet makes Honor Flight
Navarre Korean War vet makes Honor Flight
Navarre resident Herbert “Les” Roberson, a Korean War Veteran traveled May 18 via Honor Flight to the Korean War Vets Memorial in Washington, D.C. “It was a bittersweet experience for him and the other 67 Veterans who flew out of Tallahassee that morning,” said Navarre resident Cheryl Durlin, who was Roberson’s volunteer guardian for the … read more
Free Pensacola Beach trolley service resumes Friday
Free Pensacola Beach trolley service resumes Friday
The Santa Rosa Island Authority (SRIA) will launch their free, open-air trolley service along Pensacola Beach starting Friday, May 24, at 4 p.m. The 2019 Pensacola Beach Island Trolley will run daily from 4 p.m. to midnight through Labor Day on Sunday, Sept. 2. The trolleys help alleviate traffic congestion by allowing visitors to park anywhere … read more
Santa Rosa native and military hero amputee to make second Mt. Everest attempt
Santa Rosa native and military hero amputee to make second Mt. Everest attempt
Kirstie Ennis, a Milton High School graduate and combat-wounded veteran, attracted global attention during her recent attempt to scale Mt. Everest as an amputee. Her expedition had to turn back at 28,490 feet, just 539 feet from the summit, but she’s determined to make a second attempt in 2021. Ennis via video message posted Sunday … read more
Nearly 3,000 local jobs added over past year
Nearly 3,000 local jobs added over past year
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on May 17 announced that the Pensacola area added 2,900 new private-sector jobs in the past year. The area’s unemployment rate was 2.8 percent in April, down 0.5 percentage point from one year ago. The industry with the highest growth over the year in the Pensacola area was education and health … read more
National Safe Boating Week is May 18-24
National Safe Boating Week is May 18-24
Officer Jarrod Molnar, FWC’s 2016 Boating Officer of the Year, on patrol. Molnar is a coastal officer assigned to Okaloosa County (photo courtesy FWC) “National Safe Boating Week is May 18-24,” said Maj. Rob Rowe, leader of the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Boating and Waterways Section. “It presents an opportunity to emphasize the … read more
First tropical system could develop this week
First tropical system could develop this week
The National Hurricane Center on Sunday afternoon upgraded the chances to 40% for development of a tropical system located in the Atlantic. “An area of low pressure is expected to form by Monday several hundred miles southwest of Bermuda. This system could develop into a short-lived subtropical or tropical cyclone late Monday or Tuesday while … read more
Santa Rosa County Animal Services launches Barn Cat Program
Santa Rosa County Animal Services launches Barn Cat Program
Santa Rosa County Animal Services is launching a barn cat program to place hard-to-adopt animals in a safe and comfortable habitat. A barn cat program places fully vetted healthy cats into safe, independent living spaces such as a barns, warehouses or factories – at no cost to county residents – to help fill important jobs as a … read more
Convicted Felon Found with AR15 and Methamphetamine
Convicted Felon Found with AR15 and Methamphetamine
An alert Okaloosa County Sheriff’s supervisor who spotted a Crestview man wanted on a charge of felony violation of probation at a gas station in Milligan later captured him when he tried to make his escape. When a traffic stop was made on Dead End Road Thursday around 7 p.m., 32-year old Joshua David Lawrence … read more
