YOUR TAX DOLLARS: What An Inmate Costs, Per Meal, At the Okaloosa County Jail:
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.
Eliminating 45-Minute Waits for Advanced Life-Saving Care in Niceville – Here’s the Plan
Niceville’s Fire Department Union will have a new contract – and the wait times to get an ambulance during the busiest months of the year will reduce if all goes well in the next couple of months. Niceville’s Fire Chief and Police Chief reported on all of the goings-on concerning their departments. Here are the highlights:
We’re One Step Closer To What Your Property Taxes Will Look Like This Year. Here’s What Okaloosa County Will Spend Money on in 2024.
The Okaloosa County Commission has all but decided to keep your tax rate for county services at the same level as last year – but you will likely see a slight bump on your bill.
Will a hurricane hit Niceville, Northwest Florida in 2023?
How common are hurricanes in Niceville and near Eglin Air Force Base – and what kind of destructive force should we expect from them?
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.
After 293 Days, The Emerald Coast Children’s Advocacy Center Has Reopened to Help Abused Children
After 293 days, the Niceville Campus of Emerald Coast Children’s Advocacy Center (ECCAC) has reopened. It can serve the vulnerable and abused children of Okaloosa County.
6.2% of Active Duty Women Report a Sexual Assault in the Military. Meet the Woman Using Psychology To Fight Back.
Christopher Saul May 3, 2023 9:00 am Eglin Air Force Base, Health, Military, Public Safety Garner to head to the Pentagon for Awards Ceremony Captain Brittaney Garner has a tough job. The Air Force Officer at Eglin Air Force Base is the Deputy Sexual Assault Response Coordinator (SARC) on base. It’s a special duty assignment that lasts […]
Eglin Air Force Base Hires New Fire Chief
The tooth of the matter is Chief Michael Clayton didn’t expect to become a Firefighter at all.
Okaloosa Deputies Arrest Seven In Child Predator Sting Operation
Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office conducted an undercover operation called “Operation April’s Fools” in April, targeting adults who were trying to meet minors online for sexual encounters.
UPDATE: The War on Woke – at 3:45 AM
You got that message this morning, too, right? The one at three in the morning?
We did too – so did everyone else in Florida!
