Local book clubs support businesses and create friendships
Local book clubs in Crestview and surrounding areas are helping residents build adult friendships while also supporting local businesses.
Book club leaders and members said monthly, in-person meetings offer a low-pressure way for residents to socialize, step outside their routines and explore new places in the community.
Bread stands rise across Crestview neighborhoods
Bread stands operating on an honor system have become a familiar sight in neighborhoods across Crestview, offering homemade baked goods prepared by local families.
Super opportunity ahead for Milton’s Caleb Champion
Caleb Champion is headed to the Super Bowl.
Not as a player, but as a pilot. The Milton High alum is set to be part of a flyover for the NFL’s biggest game Sunday night at Levi Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif.
The Christmas spirit lives on at awards ceremony
Members of NWF SHARE (Social Homeschool Active Recreational Events) received the first-place Main Street Christmas Parade Award on Monday.
New hospice room at Crestview Manor helps homeless veterans
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.
Amvets to provide free meals
Amvets Post 35 will once again be offering Thanksgiving Day meals delivered to Crestview residents.
United Way gives a big boost to Meals on Wheels
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.
Laurel Hill Arts and Heritage Festival is June 7
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.
Northwest Florida might have been home to America’s first domesticated cats
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.
Memorial for Kadance Fredericksen is coming to Twin Hills Park
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.

















