Jared Williams

With his mom as athletic director and his dad on the coaching staff, the junior quarterback has been a Viking his whole life. Now he's leading on the field.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and his father, John Uthmeier, will serve as Honorary Captains at Fort Walton Beach High School's football game Friday night.

Fort Walton Beach Golf Director Jacob Hill told city council the 36-hole municipal course is operating more than $300,000 in the black this fiscal year.

Fort Walton Beach's City Council voted 4-3 to delay a cottage food stand ordinance to October, suspending code enforcement on existing stands in the interim.

Drivers should expect alternating traffic and toll changes during overnight closures now underway through Sept. 3.

A local teenage girl faces two felony charges after the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office investigated a threatening TikTok post targeting Pryor and Bruner middle schools.

A Pryor Middle School student faces three felony charges after a TikTok post threatened a mass shooting at Pryor and Bruner middle schools, officials said.

Uthmeier, a 2006 Viking graduate, was honored Friday alongside his father, Billy Uthmeier, who built the school's on-campus baseball field more than 20 years ago.

The Fort Walton Beach City Council voted 6-1 to use surplus cemetery fund money to purchase and remove a reverter clause on City Hall property.

The Florida Department of Transportation revoked all permits for automated license plate readers on state roads, prompting OCSO to begin removing its Flock cameras.