Oct 4, 2014
United Way’s Coats for Kids at Christmas gets underway
FORT WALTON BEACH — The United Way of Okaloosa-Walton Counties and their partners are collecting coats for the annual Coats for Kids at Christmas" program.
Oct 4, 2014
Group hosts meeting on North Okaloosa shelter and soup kitchen programs
CRESTVIEW — The Helping Other People Effectively Network will host a status update meeting on cold night shelters and soup kitchens in Crestview.
Oct 4, 2014
Steak & Stake fundraiser nets more than $32,000 for Boys & Girls Clubs
FORT WALTON BEACH — Boys & Girls Clubs of the Emerald Coast hosted their inaugural Steak & Stake fundraising dinner Sept. 25 at the Emerald Coast Convention Center. More than 225 guests attended the …
Oct 3, 2014
Here's your last chance to help Bay Area Food Bank help hungry residents
MILTON — Bay Area Food Bank is eligible to win one of 50 grants as part of Walmart’s “Fight Hunger Spark Change” initiative.
Oct 1, 2014
Hobo Festival returns Saturday after one-year hiatus
LAUREL HILL — After several months of work, the Laurel Hill Hobo Festival Planning Committee has scheduled and programmed Saturday’s Hobo Festival.
Oct 1, 2014
Cemetery clean-up scheduled this weekend
LAUREL HILL — Saturday’s annual clean-up day at Almarante Cemetery is a time for multiple generations of the tight-knit community to come together, commune with one another and sense the spirits of t…
Sep 30, 2014
Crestview Troop 773 forms region’s only Boy Scout band
Boy Scout Troop 773 jazz band members Austin Carrico, trumpet; Germainye Hudson, alto sax; Matthew Kannapel, trombone; and Matthew Erk, trombone, rehearse during a recent troop meeting.
Sep 30, 2014
Biggest-ever library book sale outgrows the library
CRESTVIEW — The Friends of the Crestview Library's annual fall book sale has grown too big for the library. So this weekend, the event moves to Warriors Hall in the Whitehurst Memorial Building.
Sep 30, 2014
Monthly food distribution beginning in Baker
BAKER — This month, after more than two years' planning and searching for funding, Catholic Charities of Northwest Florida will begin monthly food distribution for needy North Okaloosa County residen…
Sep 30, 2014
'FACES OF TURNER SYNDROME:' Event raises community awareness of chromosome disorder
CRESTVIEW — The Baxleys have additional financial support to help their daughter, Madison, who has Turner syndrome.