A night of drinking and arguing between three people escalated when one man reached for a gun and fired two shots off of the front porch of a Roundup Valley residence leading to an hour long standoff…
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Pace man driver of train in accident; Jay man injured when semi hits tractor
A Jay man is in serious condition following an accident on Hwy. 87 north involving an 18-wheeler and a peanut combine when he was ejected from a tractor. Two people were injured in Okaloosa County wh…
Policing your neighborhood, FDLE arms citizens with alerts
Residents and neighborhoods have the power to arm themselves with information, using a state-wide public database of sexual offenders, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Commu…
NAS Whiting Field: Promoting daddy
Aviation Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Bradley Anthony bends down to let his daughter Aubrey, 4, help his wife Amelia pin on one of his anchors during the Chief Petty Officer Pinning ceremony Sept. 13. …
S.S. Dixon Primary School receives $500 to promote math; sciences
The Emerald Coast Post of The Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) has presented S.S. Dixon Primary School with a $500 donation for the advancement of Science, Technology, Engineering and Ma…
Son arrested in elderly abuse case
A former Bagdad couple was arrested and charged after stealing more than $30,000 dollars, leaving an elderly woman in the dark, without electricity, groceries and overdue bills, according to a Santa …
Pace home invasion leads to altercation
An altercation took place during a home invasion in a Pace home, sending one woman to the hospital around 12:30 p.m. Thursday, according to the Santa Rosa Sheriff's Office.
Two black men invaded a…
Cops: Jay woman arrested after hiding suspect
A Jay woman was arrested for allegedly hiding Travis Kelly, the 32-year-old man charged with DUI manslaughter in the August death of a Milton woman, when a special operations unit served a warrant fo…
Handgun under car seat leads to arrest in traffic stop
A traffic stop led to the arrest of a 20-year-old Milton man who allegedly had a concealed weapon and drugs in his car, when he was pulled over at the intersection of Stewart Street and Munson Highwa…
Sheriff's Office: Woman escapes handcuffs twice, kicks deputies
An out-of-state woman allegedly managed to slip out of her handcuffs twice and beat on the windows of a patrol car after an alleged alcohol-fueled, physical altercation with Santa Rosa deputies promp…