Efforts to resuscitate a toddler found floating facedown in a family pool Wednesday were unsuccessful. The 2-year-old apparently drowned in his family’s pool on Brown Place in Crestview. A parent working at his home there told Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies he was not aware his children had gone into the backyard. An older sibling came in to tell the parent that the toddler was in the pool, according to a press release. The parent immediately began CPR. Deputies and first responders continued to try to revive the child, but could not. The incident is under investigation by the OCSO.

SHALIMAR — With a 4-0 vote, the Okaloosa County Commission today approved an ordinance directing all businesses countywide to post signs on their entry doors stating who if anyone needs to wear a mask while inside each business establishment.The emergency ordinance is expected to take effect in about 10 days, or once the Florida Department of State finalizes it, and will remain in place until Oct. 1. While the ordinance applies to businesses in both the unincorporated and incorporated areas of the county, municipalities have the option to opt out of the ordinance.Commissioner Graham Fountain did not attend today’s meeting.

The search for a scuba diver who went missing late Sunday morning while diving from a 26-foot catamaran in the Gulf of Mexico about three miles south of Grayton Beach was shifting from a rescue operation to a recovery operation on Monday afternoon, according to Corey Dobridnia, public information officer with the Walton County Sheriff’s Office.