Oct 2, 2013
Okaloosa County lifeguard season ends Oct. 27
Okaloosa Beach Safety lifeguard season ends Oct. 27, following more than 200 open water rescues. Beach Safety will maintain limited daily patrols and 911 responses from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. throughout t…
Oct 1, 2013
Country-themed fundraiser raises $10,000 for YMCA (PHOTOS)
CRESTVIEW — The Crestview YMCA now has $10,000 that can pay for facility improvements, following the weekend “Be a Cowboy/Cowgirl for a Day” fundraiser at Old Warrior Ranch.
Sep 27, 2013
Confederate heritage organizations weigh in on Crestview's flag issue
CRESTVIEW — Representatives from Fort Walton Beach and Tallahassee Confederate heritage organizations have added their thoughts amid some residents’ concern about a rebel flag that flies over a Crest…
Sep 26, 2013
Community activist goes door-to- door to raise funds for city buses
CRESTVIEW — One local activist, accepting the Okaoosa Board of County Commissioners' challenge, is putting feet to the pavement to save the city's threatened bus routes. Commissioners, citing low rid…
Sep 26, 2013
Okaloosa County Water & Sewer Crestview office closed Oct. 2
CRESTVIEW — The Okaloosa County Water and Sewer Crestview office will close from 12-4 p.m. Oct. 2. Contact the 311 Citizens Information Line for more information.
Sep 24, 2013
CHECK IT OUT: Prepare to paint pumpkins Oct. 29
Bring a pumpkin and wear old clothes on Tuesday, Oct. 29 because we’re painting pumpkins!
Sep 24, 2013
Safe Haven Horse Rescue Center helps horses and people (VIDEO)
LAUREL HILL — Safe Haven Horse Rescue Center rehabilitates and finds homes for abandoned and neglected members of the equine species, but the horses themselves can help rehabilitate and provide comfo…
Sep 24, 2013
Corn maze, trail to open this weekend in Baker
BAKER — Whether you’re snaking through a corn maze, firing a corn cannon or taking a haunted trail, you can get into the Halloween spirit starting this Friday in Baker.
Sep 20, 2013
International Talk Like a Pirate Day invades martial arts studio
CRESTVIEW — Scurvy dogs of various degrees of proficiency had to learn their taekwondo forms Thursday or face their saber-wielding masters’ wrath.
Sep 20, 2013
Former Crestview mayor Ted Mathis dies
CRESTVIEW — Former Mayor Ted Mathis, who died Thursday of congestive heart failure following a period of illness, served in City Hall from November 1987 until April 1995.