Apr 25, 2024
Old Spanish Trail Rodeo celebrates 34th year
For more than three decades, Baker’s Old Spanish Trail Rodeo has been a hit with cowboys and cowgirls as well as the fans.
Held annually the second weekend in April, and hosted by the Baker Area Recreation Association, this year’s rodeo was April 12-14 at its home in the Barnhill Arena.
Apr 5, 2024
3rd Annual Baker Arts Festival is ready to bloom
The Baker Block Museum’s annual Baker Arts Festival returns to Heritage Park from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 20.
This will be the third year for the spring event, which has free admission.
Apr 2, 2024
New sidewalks are planned by Laurel Hill School
Okaloosa County officials will administer a recently awarded state grant that will pay for the construction of sidewalks near Laurel Hill School.
Apr 1, 2024
Crestview residents take mission trip to Uganda
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.
Mar 26, 2024
Decades-old Senior Activity Center to receive its first-ever upgrades
Fortunately, the days of senior citizens having to walk outside to use the restrooms at Crestview’s Senior Activity Center are numbered.
Mar 22, 2024
They want to be seen
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.
Mar 21, 2024
Brick upheaval
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.”
Mar 15, 2024
It’s a match!
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.
Mar 15, 2024
Immersed in SeaLight
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.
Mar 8, 2024
Main Street overhaul
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.