YOUR TAX DOLLARS: What An Inmate Costs, Per Meal, At the Okaloosa County Jail:

jail cell bars, colored a mint green.

Okaloosa County Commissioners voted to change the food service provider at the Okaloosa County Jail starting in October. On average, the jail houses 750 inmates and has more than 140 billeted staff members. The county jail will begin work with Summit Food Services, headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Summit, established in 1991, has contracts with more than 500 correctional facilities around the United States and also serves Bay County, Florida (the Panama City area) and Orleans Parish in Louisiana.

Niceville City Council Recap June 2023

the niceville seal

Policing, Purple Pipes to Deer Moss Creek and that dadgum left turn lane at Palm and State Route 20, and the last day of construction on John Sims Parkway – all covered at the Niceville City Council Meeting in June.

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A drone view of the activity on Boggy Bayou before the annual fireworks festival put on every year by the cities of Niceville  and Valparaiso.