News Archive

LAUREL HILL — City Council members have voted 4-1 to delay renewing a mowing contract with Transfield Services after Councilman Clifton Hall questioned estimated expenses.

CRESTVIEW — Cheri Pittman, the Farmer Street Childcare Network director, wants North Okaloosa County residents to know about the free voluntary pre-kindergarten program for 4- to 5-year-olds.

CRESTVIEW — An annual Bunco fundraiser and luncheon is planned 9:30 a.m. Aug. 10 at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 701 U.S. Highway 90 E., Crestview.

CRESTVIEW — City department heads have submitted their respective 2013-14 preliminary budgets but city leaders say they still must trim upward of $1.1 million.

CRESTVIEW – A man faces a criminal charge after using his vehicle to ram a nightspot employee’s car following a dispute, lawmen say.

MILLIGAN — Allen Fountain has a message for Valerie Rose Young: He has her Richbourg Middle School class ring.

CRESTVIEW – A county jail inmate will report to court Aug. 13 after being accused of tackling and striking a female jail employee, an arrest report indicates.

CRESTVIEW — A homeless man who was sitting on a bucket outside a tractor supply store was arrested for trespassing after an officer recognized him from a previous incident at the store.

CRESTVIEW — George Whitehurst will be honored as the Mae Reatha Coleman Citizen of the Year at 5 p.m. Aug. 13 at City Hall, Wilson St., Crestview.

NICEVILLE — Okaloosa County Public Safety’s Have a Heart 5K run and walk is 7:30 a.m. Aug. 24 at 911 Emergency Operations Center, Northwest Florida State College, 100 College Blvd., Niceville.