Community Archive

February is a good time to transplant or move trees and shrubs that are in the wrong place.

Online registration is open now for the Hub City Bulldogs 2022 fall football and cheer season.

The first meeting with FABA is always on the organization, after that we encourage you to join this fine organization. Membership is by family and for a family to join go to https://blacksmithing.org (click on the membership tab), the cost is only $30 per year.

The headstones were provided through the City of Milton, with the help of a large donation from Gulf Coast Wilbert, a Crestview company. Private donations also helped.

Construction is underway on a new dollar store along State Road 85 in Laurel Hill. The new store is just down the road from a Dollar General store.

The brass ensemble of the U.S. Air Force Band of the West, stationed at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, is comprised of two trumpets, French horn, trombone, tuba and percussion, and played to a full house at Warriors Hall on a cold, rainy Friday evening.

Marriages in Okaloosa Jan. 21 through Jan. 27

During the academy’s January belt promotion ceremony, black belt recipient and U.S. Army Chief Marty Martinez praised the values the academy instills in its students, especially youngsters. “There’s one thing I really hate in life and that’s quitting,” Martinez said. “It’s OK to fail but you have to at least try first.”

For many visitors to Northwest Florida, Baker is a stoplight on a long stretch of two-lane highway stretching from U.S. Highway 90 to the Florida-Alabama line. But one of the buildings at this intersection holds more than 100 years of history, with photos, antiques and records of the northern part of Okaloosa County and portions of Santa Rosa County.

When Torri Prchal gave birth to her first son six years ago, she wanted to breastfeed him but struggled to produce enough milk. After she had her second son 10 months ago, she was surprised to find she was producing more milk than he needed.