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Okaloosa County commissioners voted unanimously April 7 to partner with Divers Alert Network, a nonprofit recognized worldwide for dive safety research and emergency medicine, as the county prepares to sink the SS United States as an artificial reef.

There won’t be a special session to work on the budget next week, legislative leaders announced Wednesday.

Joining the military is the bravest and most courageous act that a citizen of the United States can do. They choose to sacrifice their lives to fight for and defend the freedoms this country was founded upon.


But there is a silent sacrifice that most people don’t see from the children of a military family.

A new internal report by Northwest Florida State College obtained by the Crestview News Bulletin says the college improperly stored more than 170 pounds of live medications, including controlled substances such as morphine, fentanyl and a paralytic drug, in its School of Nursing building for an unknown period.

The Okaloosa County School Board voted last Monday to increase general admission ticket prices at high school athletic games.

An armed man who authorities said took his ex-girlfriend hostage at her Holt home was found dead inside the residence Thursday morning from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.

As more and more products are created, the more people purchase from stores. Whether they are for long or short-term use, these purchases can often find their way on a street, on the grass in a park, or floating down the river.


Okaloosa Board of County Commissioners sought to counteract the amount of litter in Okaloosa County with Keep Okaloosa Beautful. Their most recent venture was a river cleanup at Milligan/Yellow River Park in Baker last Tuesday.

The Baker Area Recreational Association hosted their 35th Old Spanish Trail Pro Rodeo last weekend.


Night one began on Saturday with a major crowd in the arena. Day two of the rodeo had an earlier start for “Kids Day”.

The second annual “Touch-A-Truck” event hosted by the Crestview Public Library was a success this past Saturday.


Children from the area showed up to experience the ins-and-outs of community vehicles and showed off their speed in the Power Wheels races hosted by the Crestview Police Department.

The Jan. 21 death of L’Twan Mitchell while in custody at Okaloosa Correctional Institution has drawn the attention of the NAACP Okaloosa County branch. Several members of Mitchell’s family have questioned the death.

The NAACP said in a statement that it has initiated a legal redress review to assist the family in understanding the events surrounding Mitchell’s death. Mitchell was reportedly found unresponsive in the prison infirmary.