Line of duty deaths for law enforcement dropped 23 percent in 2008, a marked contrast when deaths in the previous year hit a two-decade high. ...more

January 4, 2009

A 16-year-old girl who hit her father when he tried to spank her has been charged with misdemeanor domestic battery. ...more

November 28, 2008

Not long after the 18-year-old woman's corpse was discovered on Eglin Air Force Base's reservation, detectives began hunting for the "long-armed man." ...more

September 8, 2008

FORT WALTON BEACH - An Okaloosa County sheriff's deputy was shot and killed Tuesday by a man who had barricaded himself inside a home after a violent clash with police hours earlier, officials said. The suspected gunman was also killed. ...more

July 22, 2008