Last Friday, a 60-year-old man who was a homeless military veteran became the first resident of the “Peoples Health Services Heroes Hospice Room” at the Crestview Manor assisted-living facility.
The United Way Emerald Coast’s support of Meals on Wheels of Okaloosa County is even more important this year because of the county’s decision to not provide financial help to nonprofits.
It was festival time in Laurel Hill. As Mildred Campbell laid out multiple pots of various native plants she’d raised, Tracy Curenton, with the assistance of her brother, Mark, and cousin, Janet Twitty, was setting up a books-and-DVDs sale.
A recently published archaeological study is shedding new light on the role of domesticated cats in the early days of Colonial America. The remains of the cats at the heart of the article were found on a 1559 shipwreck in Pensacola Bay, dubbed Emmanuel Point II.
An anonymous donor has offered to pay the estimated $5,000 cost of establishing a memorial for the late Kadance Fredericksen at Twin Hills Park, Crestview officials said at Monday’s City Council meeting.
The Emerald Coast Association of REALTORS, in partnership with Building Homes for Heroes, recently welcomed Air Force Staff Sgt. Justin Day and his family into their new mortgage-free, specially adapted home east of the Deerland area.
After the cancellation of the 2025 Old Spanish Trail Rodeo in Baker, some very dedicated people stepped forward to bring the rodeo to the community and host the first annual Sandy Sansing Baker Pro Rodeo.
A total of 15 dogs were adopted at a March 1 dog-adoption event conducted by Crestview Animal Services and Saving with Soul Pet Rescue of Northwest Florida.
The event took place at the Crestview Public Library.
