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 ...

The Okaloosa County School District is offering two Florida Prepaid 2-year scholarships to local students pursuing careers in education. To qualify, students must be public high school seniors in ...

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. -- The Okaloosa County middle school student who claimed to have a gun and then threw a firecracker as a "joke" is now facing a felony charge for the incident, according to ...

UPDATE 2/23/25: A man missing for nearly a week in Okaloosa County has been found dead. Okaloosa County Deputies updated a Facebook post Saturday about 80-year-old Quinton Davis. The post said he ...

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 ...

The Okaloosa County Tourist Development Department will relocate to the former PNC Bank building in Cinco Bayou after the county commission approved a $4.1 million purchase. The acquisition ...

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - An investigation is underway in Okaloosa County after reports of shots fired on Thursday near Fort Walton Beach. According to officials, two separate homes on ...

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 ...

NICEVILLE — After a bout of overnight rain in Northwest Florida, cold temperatures have forced Okaloosa and Walton County public safety officials to open cold weather shelters for those in need.

Okaloosa County is expected to experience severe weather Saturday night and into the pre-dawn hours of Sunday, according to the National Weather Service and the county's director of public safety.

Kadance was a senior at Baker School and an Okaloosa County pageant queen. Family and friends described her as a light. “She gave us an infinity in the amount of time that she had,” said ...

A mother and her 4-year-old daughter are speaking out after they were caught in the middle of a shootout at Langan Park. Development officials, city planners and downtown business owners from ...