Florida Catholic Bishops Initiate Campaign to Preserve Death Penalty Rule

Christopher Saul March 21, 2023 1:20 pm Bluewater Bay, Crestview, Government, Local Luminaries, Niceville, Politics and Elections, Public Safety, Religion, Valparaiso Catholic policy goals head to Tallahassee The political-advocacy arm of the Catholic Church in Florida has joined other policy groups to request politicians keep the unanimous consent of a jury as a requirement to […]

Federal Grant Money to Pull Boats From Valp Bayous

Those busted-up old boats sitting derelict in Valparaiso’s bayous may soon be a thing of the past – thanks to federal government grant money. Valparaiso Police Chief Joe Hart told the Val-p city commission at March’s meeting that, in total, two boats in Boggy Bayou and another boat in Tom’s Bayou would be removed with […]

That Trap House On 47th and Fir Is About To Be Foreclosed On

Hasta La Vista 919 47th street’s years as a crime den may soon be in the rearview mirror after an action by the Okaloosa County Board of County Commissioners this week. The commissioners moved forward with a foreclosure action that will see the property taken from the current owner and sold.  The property, home to […]

Two Okaloosa County Corrections Officers Arrested After Violence at Jail

Corrections Officers Fired After Incident The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of two Okaloosa County Corrections Officers after a violent incident on January 30, 2023.    The deputies, James Wade Filpi and Justin Michael Jordan, were arrested by sheriff’s deputies for misdemeanor battery. However, the affidavit accuses Jordan of attempting to cover up […]

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.