News Archive

Reports started coming in at about 5 a.m. on Sunday, according to information from the OCSO. Most of the vehicles were in the area off Live Oak Church Road and Shoffner Boulevard.

A 41-year-old Crestview man who was recently released from prison has been rearrested, this time on homicide charges.

The Public Works Department has announced that Phillips Drive will be closed to thru traffic on Tuesday, Jan. 11, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. while the water & sewer departments perform utility work at 122 Phillips Drive. Houses at 120 to 125 Phillips Drive will be inside the work zone.

Effective immediately, the Santa Rosa Press Gazette in Milton and the Crestview News Bulletin in Crestview are under new ownership.

To the sounds of old nails being removed and splintering wood, floorboards started coming up on the Bush House front porch. Inside, ripping up commercial carpet has revealed surprisingly well-preserved heart pine floors just waiting for a sander and refinishing. Since Dec. 28, the sound of workers’ hammers, saws and prybars has resounded through the 1926 South Wilson Street home.

Crestview News Bulletin asked City Manager Tim Bolduc what he was most excited about for the new year. Here are his top picks for the city.

Week by week, the old Foxwood Country Club is disappearing, replaced by the Blackwater Golf Club, which will be run by the City of Crestview.

After a contract negotiation that left the two organizations far apart, the City of Crestview took over animal control services as of Jan. 1.

Here’s the text of Rep. Matt Gaetz’s letter, also signed by eight other House members:

Governor Ron DeSantis announced Sept. 15 in a Milton press conference that Santa Rosa, Escambia and Okaloosa counties will receive $3.4 million in grant funding from the Department of Economic Opportunity.

“We appreciate having great installations and a great active-duty footprint, and of course NWF is one of the strongest military communities in the nation – we understand that enriches our community and our economy,” DeSantis said at the conference.