Mar 29, 2013
Pentagon reduces length of furloughs for civilian employees
The Pentagon has reduced the number of days civilian workers will be required to take unpaid leave this fiscal year.
Mar 29, 2013
Police, FDLE on scene where teens found dead body in Crestview
CRESTVIEW — Crestview Police Department officers and Florida Department of Law Enforcement agents are on the scene where a group of teenagers discovered human remains in the woods behind a low-income…
Mar 29, 2013
Family heritage nominees wanted for Baker Wall of Honor
BAKER — The North Okaloosa Historical Association seeks nominations for the 2013 Family Heritage Wall of Honor. Nominations are due April 5.
Mar 29, 2013
Motorcyclist critically injured in Crestview collision
CRESTVIEW — A 31-year-old motorcyclist was critically injured Thursday night on State Road 85 just north of 7th Special Forces Way, according to the Florida Highway Patrol press release.
Mar 29, 2013
Officials investigating 'suspicious death' in Crestview
CRESTVIEW — Law enforcement officials investigating human remains found behind a low-income housing development say they’re treating the incident as a suspicious death at this time.
Mar 29, 2013
Officers raise $500K statewide for Special Olympics
CRESTVIEW — Florida law enforcement agencies reportedly have raised more than $500,000 for the Special Olympics.
Mar 28, 2013
ARREST REPORT: March 28, 2013
The Crestview Police Department and Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office provided the following crime reports for publication.
Mar 28, 2013
Area schools may qualify for sidewalk funding after initiative
CRESTVIEW — If the Okaloosa School District applies for funding for a recently announced transportation initiative, Antioch Elementary School students won't scramble through scrub, weeds and roadside…
Mar 28, 2013
Iraq War veteran to command Military Order of the Purple Heart
CRESTVIEW — The Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 811, Niceville, has elected Meredith M. McQuagge, a combat-wounded Iraq War veteran, as Florida’s first female chapter commander.
Mar 28, 2013
Riverside students explore history with art project
CRESTVIEW — Riverside Elementary School fifth-graders are exploring the Revolutionary War with an art project filling one of the school's hallways with depictions of figures involved with shaping our…