Temperatures may be sitting in the upper 60s along the Florida Panhandle today (Jan. 23, 2026), but the National Weather Service in Mobile has issued an Extreme Cold Watch for Alabama, Mississippi and Northwest Florida.
When people first seek help at the nonprofit Crestview Area Shelter for the Homeless, they are encouraged by shelter officials to find a local church to attend.
Former Precinct 1 Crestview City Councilor Joe Blocker, who served on the council from 2013 until he resigned in November 2024 because of health issues, died at a Crestview nursing home Thursday night.
During “Ranch Day” each Friday, students in the K-12 Wagyumama Schoolhouse homeschool instructional program learn, among other skills, how to build a shelter, make a fire with nothing but a flint rock, change a tire, drive a tractor, take care of animals, and be good stewards of the land.
Crestview interim City Clerk Natasha Peacock, who has served a total of 13 years in the clerk’s office, is now the city clerk, the City Council unanimously agreed on Tuesday.
At a special meeting on Tuesday, Air Force veteran and Crestview Planning and Development Board member Sylvester Echols was appointed by the Crestview City Council to serve the remainder of the unexpired term of former Precinct 2 Councilor Ryan Bullard.
Throughout this calendar year, an 18-member “Okaloosa County America 250 Commission” will help the county celebrate the founding of the United States of America in 1776.
The many people who are fed on Saturdays at the First Methodist Church of Crestview’s soup kitchen include homeless folks, as well as individuals who have a roof over their head but no electricity, soup kitchen leaders Steve and Deb Lubas said.
