Boating safety a priority for Bowlegs fest (SLIDESHOW)

FORT WALTON BEACH - At this year's Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival, boats will not be allowed within a 750-foot safety zone around the fireworks barge in Santa Rosa Sound. Officials with the Greater Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce discussed the new rule Tuesday during its annual boating...
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/articles/bowlegs-49812--.html

Published: Tue, 22 May 2012 16:22:10 -0700

Destination Wedding Consultants Report Marked Increase in Demand from 2011

2012 is set to be a record-breaking year for Forever I Do Weddings, which has already noted a 60% increase in the number of weddings hosted over the same time period in 2011.Fort Walton Beach, FL (PRWEB) May 23, 2012 In 2011, Forever I Do Weddings planned the Destin beach nuptials of 408 couples. This year, the demand for destination wedding services is forecasted to overtake all of the planning ...
http://news.yahoo.com/destination-wedding-consultants-report-marked-increase-demand-2011-110336978.html

Published: Wed, 23 May 2012 04:03:49 -0700

What’s in a name? South Walton resident speaks out about umbrella term of ‘Destin’

Shakespeare famously wrote “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” but that doesn’t hold true to names along the Emerald Coast, according to Brenda Rees. Tourists, and even residents, calling southern Walton and Okaloosa counties as...
http://www.waltonsun.com/news/umbrella-8990-resident-walton.html

Published: Wed, 23 May 2012 10:24:57 -0700

Florida Pilot Fatally Injured Wednesday Morning In Experimental Aircraft

Takeoff Accident Claims Life Of Pilot Builder A man from Fort Walton Beach, Florida was fatally injured Wednesday morning when the aircraft he built and owned crashed during takeoff. Pablino Gutierrez, 77, was the sole occupant aboard the Hummel Bird experimental aircraft.
http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=cc4ea67d-3d9a-44d3-aeec-b8f3f890213c

Published: Fri, 11 May 2012 02:07:07 -0700

‘The Sun is still shining’: The origins of your Walton weekly

At 92 pages, the first edition of The Walton Sun hit the racks May 24, 1997. But this grand paper came from just a weekly newspaper supplement in the Northwest Florida Daily News, a Freedom Communications paper. It was about eight to 10 broadsheet...
http://www.waltonsun.com/news/walton-8994-news-pages.html

Published: Mon, 21 May 2012 07:54:55 -0700

Man arrested after leaving toddler home alone

Elton Jerome Davis. Jr. is accused of leaving a 17-month-old child alone in his home while he went to work, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel  reports that the 24-year-old Fort Walton Beach man told deputies that he had placed the sleeping child on the couch — and put some Cheerio's and orange juice nearby — before he left for work, an arrest ...
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/bizarre/content/man-arrested-after-leaving-toddler-home-alone

Published: Tue, 22 May 2012 13:31:26 -0700

Fort Walton Beach pedestrian killed

The Florida Highway Patrol says a 40-year-old Fort Walton Beach man was killed Friday night while he crossed Racetrack Road and was hit by a truck.
http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/florida/fort-walton-beach-pedestrian-killed

Published: Sat, 05 May 2012 08:58:05 -0700

Tax Collector team conducts workshops on certificate sale

FORT WALTON BEACH – Delinquent taxpayers have until 3 p.m., Thursday, May 31, to make payment on their account or a certificate will be sold June 1. Payment must be made by cash, cashier’s check, money order or by credit card. Representatives...
http://www.crestviewbulletin.com/news/fort-17607-sale-beach.html

Published: Tue, 22 May 2012 06:41:01 -0700

Vision Airlines ends service to Fort Lauderdale, Miami

Low-cost carrier stops service to FLL, MIA and Fort Walton Beach airports Vision Airlines is no longer operating scheduled flights to and from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
http://sunsentinel.feedsportal.com/c/34258/f/623244/s/1ef2b608/l/0L0Ssun0Esentinel0N0Cbusiness0Cfl0Evision0Elauderdale0Epull0Eout0E20A120A50A20H0A0H292970A50Bstory0Dtrack0Frss/story01.htm

Published: Wed, 02 May 2012 17:23:36 -0700

Fla. county approves changes after oil spill fraud

Amid a criminal investigation into the alleged misuse of funds paid by BP after the 2010 Gulf oil spill, a Florida Panhandle county made big changes Tuesday in the way it oversees spending for promotion ...
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/fla-county-approves-changes-oil-173050214.html

Published: Tue, 15 May 2012 10:30:50 -0700