NICEVILLE, Fla. (WKRG) — The Emerald Coast Association of Realtors (ECAR) is hosting the 3rd annual BBQ Cook-Off on April 1. Event Details: Grillmasters wanting to compete can contact ECAR online. The price sits at $35 for a 3X3 table, $65 for a 6X6. Includes two drink tickets and all serving supplies. The ECAR’s Community…… MORE
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 16-year-old who was last seen 10 days ago. Kaniya Johnson, 16, was last seen on March 11 on Perth Avenue, according to the release. ECSO provided a photo of Johnson to help identify and locate…… MORE
UPDATE (4:58 p.m.): The family confirmed to WKRG the missing boater is 29-year-old Pete Griffin. PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — The United States Coast Guard is part of a search effort to help locate a missing boater near Naval Air Station Pensacola, according to a release from USCG. The boater missing is described as a 29-year-old…… MORE
UPDATE (10:32 p.m.): The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search Tuesday night at around 10:30 p.m.. UPDATE (4:58 p.m.): The family confirmed to WKRG the missing boater is 29-year-old Pete Griffin. PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — The United States Coast Guard is part of a search effort to help locate a missing boater near Naval Air…… MORE
DESTIN, Fla. (WKRG) — The Destin Youth Council, made up of Destin High School students and area teenagers, is working to get a toll discount for students using the Mid-Bay Bridge. The youth council said 18 students in Destin attend Niceville High School and 24 students in Niceville attend the Destin High School Charter campus.…… MORE
DESTIN, Fla. (WKRG) — Destin Fire Rescue crews worked a three-car crash on HWY 98 at the Midbay Bridge Intersection Tuesday morning. Destin Fire Rescue said one person was trapped in a vehicle and taken to HCA Florida Fort Walton Destin Hospital for treatment. The crash happened before 5:22 a.m. Destin Fire Rescue did not…… MORE
SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office said they are investigating a Sunday night deadly shooting at an apartment complex in Navarre. Deputies said this happened at around 9:30 p.m. on March 19 at the Cayo Grande apartments on Navarre Parkway. Deputies said Colby Vinson, 24, was killed and this…… MORE
DESTIN, Fla. (WKRG) — The second-largest deployed vessel for the Okaloosa County artificial reef program made its way to 120 feet below the surface on March 15. The Okaloosa County Coastal Resource Team sank the vessel named DOLPHIN about 16 nautical miles south of Destin. This latest reef is an old 191-foot research vessel that…… MORE
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (WKRG) — The Fort Walton Beach Police used a $25,000 grant to add more officers on patrol on March 17 to deter drinking and driving. Officers made the following stops and arrests: Fort Walton Beach Police worked 43 reported impaired driving crashes in 2022. “During our high visibility traffic saturation, no…… MORE
PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — The U.S. Navy Blue Angels 2023 show schedule officially kicked off in California a week ago and they returned back to Pensacola Monday afternoon. The Blue Angels announced they will holding practice flight demonstration shows at NAS Pensacola near the National Naval Aviation Museum beginning March 28-29. Blue Angels 2023 Practice…… MORE
