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.

Despite Concerns From Some Commissioners, The Okaloosa Women Veteran’s Monument Will Expand.

a bronze statue of a woman with cannon implements.

It started in the public comment forum of the Okaloosa County Commission meeting on Tuesday afternoon. One by one, women veterans stood at the dais. They voiced their support for expanding the Women Veteran’s Monument on Okaloosa Island at the cost of $1.6 Million raised by the local tourism tax, which would eventually pass unanimously with the board of county commissioners – though not without some reservations.

Your Tropical Storm Bret Updates for Niceville Fl

The storm, which is entirely unrelated to the marginal risk for extreme weather the area of northwest Florida might experience in the next week, currently sits in between the ‘elephant’s ear’ of western Africa and the Windward Islands that serve as the gate to the Caribbean Sea.

Deitch named Niceville’s New City Manager

man smiling in a suit.

Retired Colonel David Deitch will succeed longtime Niceville City Manager Lannie Corbin as city manager. Here are more details about the city’s newest hire and the man himself.

Mid Bay News

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.