Misprinted ballots and a configuration error caused minor voting issues in Okaloosa County, Florida. Fewer than 0.5% of voters were impacted, and their ballots will ...

Two homes were struck by gunfire Thursday night in Okaloosa County, prompting an investigation by the Sheriff's Office. Deputies discovered bullet casings, and a woman reported hearing gunshots ...

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — A Destin man is accused of cutting a woman’s neck with a knife and resisting officers without violence. According to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office ...

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — An Interstate 10 eastbound rest area and truck parking improvement project begins this month in Okaloosa County, according to the Florida Department of Transportation.

Spring Breakers. And in Okaloosa County, they’re ready for everything that comes with them. “We have more than tripled the amount of deputies that we have assigned to the beach to deal with ...

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. -- A 20-year-old woman was charged in Okaloosa County for allegedly kicking an infant in the head. Kiara Bautista-Caceres, of Panama City Beach, was booked into Okaloosa ...

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - A Pryor Middle School student has been charged for falsely reporting a weapon. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office says last Thursday, a male student ...

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. -- 41-year-old Gregory Simonds is in jail after pointing a gun at people and throwing an explosive device in Fort Walton Beach on Feb. 15. That explosive damaged a Fort ...

CRESTVIEW ― Residents in Laurel Hill, Niceville and Fort Walton Beach headed to the polls on Tuesday for the 2025 municipal election. Three candidates were running for two seats on the City ...

Kadance Fredericksen, Miss Okaloosa County Teen USA, was involved in a collision with a tractor-trailer on Monday, Feb. 17 Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been ...