Firefighters Battle Floridian Fog

"Fort Walton Beach area firefighters responded to numerous overnight and early morning calls of smoke in the area, only to find that low-lying fog was the real culprit. At about 7:30 a.m., the Fort Walton Beach Fire Department received a call that a neighbor had seen smoke...

Undergarment thief walks off with 80 bras

Ok... apart from this story being strange, what the reporter fails to mention is that the location in question is inside a mall. Now the case has gone cold due to lack of leads?

Scooter Libby: Do Not Pass "Go", Go Directly to Jail

All the Paris Hilton coverage eclipsed the sentencig of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the former aide to Vice president Dick Cheney. Libby was found guilty of obstruction of justice over the cover-up of who leaked CIA operative Valerie Plame's name to the media. It's worth noting...

Walton Weighs Impact Fees

" May 28, 2007 Florida - The cost of development in Walton County could go up if officials approve a plan to charge impact fees on new construction. The fees will pay for additional fire stations and equipment for Walton County Fire Rescue. The Walton County Commission is...

450-pound bear caught after hanging out in neighborhood for a year (With VIDEO)

FORT WALTON BEACH — Their neighborhood will be quiet. Folks can walk their dogs and their babies without peering out the door first.

How safe are our beaches?

One in 18 million: If you visit a beach this summer or during spring break, those are your odds of drowning, according to statistics from the U.S. Lifesaving Association

Safety of Cloned Livestock Debated

"(CNSNews.com) - Claiming that cloned livestock are good for the food supply in the United States, biotechnology firms are hailing the Food and Drug Administration's tentative decision to classify meat and milk from cloned animals as indistinguishable from current supplies....

Firefighter Forced To Battle Blaze In Own Home

" December 2, 2006 Florida - Lt. Kevin Dell has been fighting fires in Walton County since he was 15-years-old, but never thought he would need to fight a fire at his own home. But on Nov. 22, the night before Thanksgiving, that is exactly what Dell had to do. "I've seen the...

Eakins painting sells for $68 million (AP)

" WASHINGTON - The National Gallery is buying one of the 19th century's best-known American paintings, "The Gross Clinic" by Thomas Eakins, for a record $68 million. The sale price sets a record for a pre-World War II work of art created in the United States, The New York...

Wal-Mart heir's plane had loose parts (AP)

" SPRINGDALE, Ark. - The home-built aircraft in which Wal-Mart heir John Walton was killed had a loose flight control component and was heavily modified, according to a government report. Walton, 58, died June 27, 2005, when his kit-built plane crashed in Grand Teton...

Leeds Life: Walton deal angers fans

"Leeds United Life - The possible sale of Simon Walton to Charlton Athletic has generated much debate about whether it is a good or bad deal for the club. As usual, the debate is more heated because he is from Leeds, though really, the only issue is that he is young, a.k.a,...