News Archive

CRESTVIEW — After retired U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Gene Payne died, his family discovered that he had finally been awarded a Purple Heart for injuries sustained during service in Vietnam.

CRESTVIEW — Betsy Cunningham, a second-grade teacher at Riverside Elementary School, aims to make learning memorable.

CRESTVIEW — A Crestview High School senior who is dual-enrolled at Northwest Florida State College is the Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce's Foy Shaw Scholarship’s first recipient.

CRESTVIEW — As a panicked resident cradled his unresponsive toddler on the front yard, three strangers answered his oldest daughter's cries for help and rushed the family to the hospital.

CRESTVIEW — The Big Red Machine's concert and symphonic bands each scored high during last week’s State Music Performance Assessment.

CRESTVIEW — Aileen Barley, a longtime area educator and community activist, died Wednesday following a recent illness. She died a day short of her 87th birthday. She was actively involved in area cau…

CRESTVIEW — The Distinguished Young Women of Okaloosa County scholarship program has five Crestview candidates seeking scholarship donations.

LAUREL HILL — The City Council is questioning Okaloosa County commissioners’ proposed gas tax increase.

CRESTVIEW — Sarah Downs, Antioch Elementary School’s literacy coach, has been named the Okaloosa County school district’s elementary school Literacy Coach of the Year.

CRESTVIEW — A 28-year-old man has been charged with child abuse after allegedly sexually abusing a child during a three-year period.