Jan 9, 2013
Electrical fire damages home
CRESTVIEW — Three fire departments responded to house fire just before midnight, on Tuesday.
"The residents were home at the time," Dave Brown, Battalion Chief of the Crestview Fire Department, said…
Jan 9, 2013
EXTENSION CONNECTION: Holly plants in the Florida landscape
The holly genus, Ilex, offers a variety of plants from which to choose.
Jan 9, 2013
Laurel Hill council to seek $600,000 grant for road repair
LAUREL HILL — The City Council on Tuesday voted in favor of pursuing a state grant that could give the city up to $600,000 for road repairs.
Jan 9, 2013
Volunteer network operates local shelters and soup kitchens
CRESTVIEW — Jimmy James, visiting from Arizona, praised Crestview’s hospitality, friendliness and local cooks’ culinary skills.
Jan 7, 2013
Library co-op plans Saturday book sale and book vending machine
CRESTVIEW — Okaloosa County will have a one-time surplus book sale 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at the former county extension office on Hill Drive.
Jan 7, 2013
Reflections over a century: Crestview woman celebrates 100th birthday
CRESTVIEW — There were laughs, hugs, balloons and cake aplenty at the First Presbyterian Church Jan. 3, when longtime member Bertha Mae Corkins celebrated her 100th birthday surrounded by family, chu…
Jan 7, 2013
Wildlife refuge needs volunteers
CRESTVIEW — The Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge is seeking volunteers to assist at their newly-acquired facility in Crestview.
Jan 7, 2013
'World guy' walks for diabetes awareness (VIDEO, SLIDESHOW)
NICEVILLE — On Sunday a 50-year-old man from Kentucky and his dog had the world on a string and were rolling it down State Road 85.
Jan 7, 2013
Former Eglin armament division commander, William Maxson, dies
DESTIN — Retired Maj. Gen. William B. Maxson, former commander of the Air Armament Division at Eglin Air Force Base, has passed away.
Jan 4, 2013
Kiwanis donation launches school food bank program
CRESTVIEW — Twenty lower-income Cougars at Northwood Elementary School will soon benefit from a regional weekend food program.