For more than 40 years, residents of a Fort Walton Beach neighborhood have endured reported chronic flooding, and civil ...

Where you vote on Election Day is changing in Williamson County. Starting March 3, voters will have to go to their assigned ...

JD Peacock has announced his candidacy for the Okaloosa County School Board District 1 seat. JD Peacock has announced his ...

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WALA) - The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office posted on its Facebook page Friday, December 26th a picture of a bear it says was running on the grounds of the local airport. While ...

Convicted murderer Frank Walls was executed at 6:11 p.m. ET on Dec. 18, 38 years after the brutal murders of Ann Peterson and Edward Alger in Okaloosa County. Walls was originally sent to Florida's ...

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. -- Two Okaloosa County elementary schools could be closing at the end of this school year. Next month, Superintendent Marcus Chambers will ask the school board to consider ...

A petition by a Flagler County woman calls for the creation of Trump County in Northeast Florida. The county encompasses a 60-mile stretch of the carrier island. See who started the petition and why.

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — A crash on Eglin Parkway has caused all northbound and southbound lanes to be closed, News 5 has learned. The crash happened at about 9:48 a.m. on the State Road 85 ...

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Nov. 7, 2025 OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — A crash on Eglin Parkway has caused all northbound and southbound lanes to be closed, News 5 has learned. The ...

DESTIN, Fla. (WKRG) — Popular airline JetBlue has announced that it will begin offering flights from two major northeastern cities to the Florida Panhandle. The flights from Boston’s Logan ...

The event will take place at 1 p.m. on Nov. 11 at the Destin-Fort Walton Beach Convention Center on Okaloosa Island. This gathering will feature veteran speakers, followed by the unveiling of the ...

Food banks in Okaloosa County, Florida, are preparing to assist families if a government shutdown affects SNAP benefits. In 2024, 7.9 percent of households in Okaloosa County received SNAP benefits.