Community Archive

Two couples from Crestview recently returned from a mission trip in Uganda.

Cliff and Connie Morgan along with Joe and Connie O’Neill spent two weeks in the east African nation helping Breaking Ground Missions share the good news of Christ. The Morgans attend Live Oak Baptist Church and the O’Neills are members at Crosspoint North.

Fortunately, the days of senior citizens having to walk outside to use the restrooms at Crestview’s Senior Activity Center are numbered.

From 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on most Fridays, dozens of families from Crestview, DeFuniak Springs, Milton and parts of Alabama drive to the Project Hope Florida site in North Okaloosa County to receive an abundance of free food.

One reads, “Jesus Loves You,” with the shape of a heart representing the “o” in “Loves.”
Another pays tribute to “Mable Edge, Coney Island Icon, ‘What Fer Ya.’”
And another honors “Nicholai Jewett, 06-25-1981-07-02-2008, A Proud Soldier for his Country & the Lord, rest in God’s peace.”

The city of Crestview and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Florida have teamed up to bring mentorship to youth in Crestview and its surrounding area.

Set aside about an hour to fully enjoy the sensational SeaLight Festival, which runs from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. daily through April 6 at Seascape Resort, 100 Seascape Drive, Miramar Beach.

The nearly $5.7 million Main Street renovation project that begins on Monday is anticipated to be completed in late May of 2025, Crestview City Manager Tim Bolduc told more than two dozen downtown business owners on Thursday evening.

The Arc of the Emerald Coast announced that on Wednesday, Jan. 31, it received a generous donation of $25,000 from the Fort Walton Beach Rotary. The funds were raised at the North Florida Pickleball Brawl, the Rotary’s annual pickleball tournament.

Consider the variety of needs in our community: beds for children who are sleeping on floors. food, clothing and care for at-risk foster children, STEM and mentoring programs to spark brighter lives for children and teens, marine and wildlife conservation and protection programs.  

Residents who love choral music singing and enjoy sharing their talents with like-minded folk — and the public — are invited to come to the Crestview Community Chorus’s weekly rehearsals as the ensemble prepares for its spring concert.