Aug 11, 2015
Malcolm Haynes named Crestview's Citizen of the Year (VIDEO)
CRESTVIEW — No one was more surprised when Mayor David Cadle announced this year’s Mae Retha Coleman Citizen of the Year recipient than the honoree himself.
“I couldn’t imagine why my wife told me …
Aug 10, 2015
Destin Paddle at the Porch purse increases to $6K
DESTIN — The 4th Annual Paddle at the Porch, featuring a $6,000 cash purse, will take place Aug. 15 in waters behind The Back Porch Seafood & Oyster House in Destin. The event features 1-mile and 3-m…
Aug 9, 2015
Crestview Citizen of the Year award presentation scheduled
CRESTVIEW — The Crestview City Council will give the Mae R. Coleman Citizen of the Year award to an area resident this week.
The meeting is 5:30-6 p.m. Aug. 10 in the city hall council chambers, 198…
Aug 9, 2015
Crestview area Girl Scouts help clean Gulf Island Seashore beaches
Having helped clean a beach themselves, Girl Scouts in Crestview Troop 676 encourage other organizations to help tidy Okaloosa County's top tourist attraction.
Aug 6, 2015
One Okaloosa park receives advisories for hazardous water
FORT WALTON BEACH — One Okaloosa County park has potentially hazardous bathing water, the Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa County stated Aug. 5.
Aug 4, 2015
Southern heritage group rallies for Confederate flag
CRESTVIEW — The City Council will field residents' concerns about the Confederate battle flag during a special meeting on Thursday.
Aug 4, 2015
Designer Purse Bingo in Crestview to benefit Children’s Advocacy Center
CRESTVIEW — The Emerald Coast Children’s Advocacy Center will host Designer Purse Bingo, an Aug. 29 fundraiser.
Aug 4, 2015
Valkommen! Crestview scouts welcome Swedish visitor
CRESTVIEW — Crestview Boy Scout Troop 773 members have learned about the many similarities, and differences, between their troop and scout troops in Sweden.
Aug 3, 2015
OKALOOSA CENTENNIAL: Andrew Jackson in Okaloosa County
LAUREL HILL — With a ragtag army of local militias, farmers, armed slaves and pirates, Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson’s force defeated a vastly superior, well-disciplined British force on Jan. 8, 1815, in …
Aug 2, 2015
Last chance to win Covenant Hospice paddle board in Northwest Florida
CRESTVIEW —This week is the last chance to win a customized paddle board and support an organization that helps terminally ill people.