News Archive

OPP, Ala. — Lurleen B. Wallace Community College in Opp, Ala., congratulates 17 students, including one north Okaloosa County resident, on completing the associate degree nursing program.

CRESTVIEW — Pamela Junger has wanted to help special needs children since she was a teenager.

LAUREL HILL — Family, friends and neighbors recall former Laurel Hill mayor and city councilman Douglas Rogers’ contributions to the north Okaloosa County community.

BAKER — Daisy Hilton, born May 23, 1913 in Holt to Sara Jane Jordan and George Herndon, has turned 100 years old.

CRESTVIEW — Damanta Murphy, Shomari Coles, Keith Jackson Jr., Goldie Rogers and Derrick Steele are inmates in the Okaloosa County Jail Adjudicated Youth Facility.

CRESTVIEW — It takes a special kind of student to be a Davidson Middle School buddy. In fact, school officials said, it takes the "crême-de-la-crême," or cream of the crop.

CRESTVIEW — Ken and Janet Jacklin, who live on Old South Drive in Crestview, have a pig problem.

“How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me — what can it be?”

BAKER — The Okaloosa County public works department and County Commissioner Nathan Boyles will discuss potential taxpayer-funded McCauley Road improvements during a public meeting Thursday.

Frances Holland, a 22-year exceptional student education veteran, believes in rewarding students who achieve their literacy goals. Improvement for some students is measured in leaps and bounds. Howev…