Dec 4, 2015
Auto dealer joins Crestview Police Department effort to help needy children (VIDEO)
CRESTVIEW — A local auto dealership and the Crestview Police Department are ensuring needy children will have a merry Christmas.
Through a voluntary payroll withholding plan, 48 Allen Turner Chevro…
Dec 1, 2015
7 Christmas gifts you can only find in downtown Crestview
CRESTVIEW — If you dread heading miles from home this time of year to confront pushing crowds in chain stores with crowded parking lots, downtown Crestview’s merchants offer an alternative.
Here’s …
Nov 23, 2015
Laurel Hill welcomes the holidays with Harvest Supper (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
LAUREL HILL — More than 120 residents who attended the Laurel Hill Harvest Supper face the coming holidays filled not only with a bountiful meal but with God's spirit as well.
The annual event, at …
Nov 4, 2015
Crestview no-kill shelter ensures every dog has its day
CRESTVIEW — Before a pooch like Lucy goes home, her potential adopted family must pass Panhandle Animal Lovers owner Hanne Berg's scrutiny.
Not everyone is suitable to be a pet owner — "you have so…
Oct 23, 2015
Holt nonprofit honors teen's memory, assists Okaloosa children at risk of suicide
CRESTVIEW — Angela Meeks remembers the day she brought Elie Dipay home.
"When we brought my daughter, Elizabeth (Elie's half-sister), home, it was April the 29th of 2006," Meeks said. "The next day…
Sep 30, 2015
Crestview organization safely unites non-custodial parents with children (FILE)
CRESTVIEW — Safe Connections Executive Director Sharon Rogers said circumstances similar to what led to Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy Bill Myers' death could be defused through the nonprofit organ…
Sep 29, 2015
CELEBRATE COMMUNITY: Crestview library ahead of national trend (FILE)
Libraries are still relevant — even with today’s household technology and phones with Internet access — as extensions of local schools
CRESTVIEW — When Crestview librarians heard a speaker say “Lib…
Sep 22, 2015
4 Crestview dancers to perform during Covenant Hospice benefit
CRESTVIEW — Covenant Hospice supporters can step back to the Roaring Twenties and the "Great Gatsby" era Oct. 3 during the 9th Annual Blue Jean Ball.
Organizers of this year’s “party with a purpose…
Sep 5, 2015
Deaf, nearly blind Crestview man achieves martial arts black belt
CRESTVIEW — Three candidates ascended to the rank of black belt in taekwondo Friday night. It took hard work and discipline to at last participate in the solemn candlelight ceremony, but for one arti…