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Among the three Crestview City Council seats on the ballot this election year is the representative of Precinct 2, which is bordered by James Lee Boulevard to the north and Interstate 10 to the south.

Here are this year’s three qualified candidates: Sylvester Echols, April Rencich and Louis Rodriquez.

More than 120,000 renters insurance policyholders in Florida can expect a rate decrease this month.

Florida Insurance Commissioner Mike Yaworsky recently approved American Modern Home Insurance Company for an average 12.8 percent rate decrease for HO-4 policies. The decrease will affect 121,898 exposures. The rate change is effective Oct. 11 for new policies and renewals.

An ordinance intended to loosen restrictions on affordable housing developments on small, awkwardly shaped lots will be sent to first reading by the Crestview City Council Oct. 26, following approval by the Planning and Development Board at its Oct. 5 meeting.

Whether the tropical disturbance Invest 92-L currently taking shape in the Gulf becomes Tropical Storm Isaias, Okaloosa County encourages residents to be prepared.

Crestview’s only exotic animal store, Emerald Exxxotics, located at 189 Oakdale Ave., opened to the public with a soft launch Oct. 1.

On the morning of Monday, Oct. 5, the Crestview Fire Department was dispatched to a structure fire at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and McDonald Street.

Upon arrival, it was discovered that the fire was coming from the main sanctuary of Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church.

The 250,000-square-foot portion of Williams International’s 1 million-square-foot gas turbine engine manufacturing plant is set to open early next year, according to One Okaloosa Economic Development Council Executive Director Nathan Sparks.

The Crestview Planning and Development Board will convene for its monthly meeting Oct. 5 at 6 p.m. at City Hall. Here’s what to look for:

In addition to the three state amendments on Okaloosa County’s ballot this November is a referendum unique to the county: the half-cent infrastructure surtax renewal.

The Okaloosa County School District is expanding its Employee Health Clinic to Crestview, giving employees and their dependents in north Okaloosa County a closer option for health care beginning in spring 2027.

The location will be announced at a later date.