Dec 19, 2012
Business, community leader Billy Teel dies
CRESTVIEW — Longtime local business, church and community leader Billy Teel died Monday at the age of 81. As one of the movers and shakers behind Crestview’s 1950s business renaissance, Teel earned t…
Dec 19, 2012
Traffic flowing after house fire
CRESTVIEW — Traffic has stabilized after a house fire near Twin Hills Park required altered routes.
Dec 19, 2012
Earth Day 2013 might be celebrated with Crestview street festival
CRESTVIEW — A calendar of downtown celebrations may include Earth Day if Crestview City Council President Ben Iannucci III and Public Works Director Wayne Steele’s efforts are successful.
Dec 19, 2012
Crestview family collects Christmas trees for lower income residents
CRESTVIEW — Several area residents’ Decembers will be greener after a coordinated effort to provide Christmas trees for lower income residents.
Dec 18, 2012
Friends, family gather for 70th wedding anniversary
CRESTVIEW — Thursday marks a milestone for a Crestview couple’s relationship, and a rarity for most couples: 70 years of wedded bliss.
Dec 18, 2012
BIRTHDAY: James H. Philpott celebrates 90 years Dec. 23
CRESTVIEW — James H. Philpott, a Crestview resident since the 1940s, will celebrate his 90th birthday 2 to 3:30 p.m. Dec. 23 at Joy Fellowship Church’s fellowship hall, 5978 Old Bethel Road. The publ…
Dec 18, 2012
Walker students learn about Chitty Chitty Bang Bangs
CRESTVIEW — To quote the song lyrics, “It’s uncategorical, a fuel-burning oracle, a fantasmagorical machine.” It flies. It floats. And, as Walker Elementary School third graders now know, it all star…
Dec 17, 2012
UPDATE: Student suspended for 'gun' possession false alarm
CRESTVIEW — Another media entity’s report on a man allegedly carrying a gun near Northwood Elementary conflicts with the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office’s account of what actually happened.
Dec 17, 2012
School: Connecticut events were on students' minds
CRESTVIEW — Martha Barton, a response intervention specialist in Northwood Elementary's school’s guidance department and reading resource teacher, said the Connecticut school shooting was on many min…
Dec 15, 2012
Council approves new water system for northwest Crestview
CRESTVIEW — With local officials projecting northwest Crestview will be the city’s next area of growth, the City Council took steps toward preparing for the quadrant’s expansion by approving a new wa…