Jan 21, 2013
CHECK IT OUT: More information on the Happiness Project
To piggyback on reference librarian Sandra Dreaden’s “happiness project” in a previous Check It Out, Jamie Mitchell visited Lap Sit to fulfill her New Year’s resolution.
Jan 21, 2013
Okaloosa considering more money for sheriff, tighter swimming rules
FORT WALTON BEACH — Okaloosa County commissioners are set to vote Tuesday on two major issues.
Jan 21, 2013
Free tax preparation for low-income residents coming Jan. 30
CRESTVIEW — The time to begin filing tax returns is just around the corner.
Jan 21, 2013
French visitors win award for recovering sunken canoe items
Two students from Crestview’s French sister city have earned awards for bravery for their swift action following the sinking of two American friends’ canoe in Blackwater River during their visit to C…
Jan 20, 2013
Crestview fourth-grader to watch inauguration in Washington D.C.
CRESTVIEW — A Bob Sikes Elementary School fourth-grader received a surprise on Christmas Eve when a mysterious manila envelope arrived at her grandparents’ Garden City home.
Jan 19, 2013
Man charged with cutting neighbor with machete
NICEVILLE – A man has been charged with cutting his neighbor’s wrist with a machete on Friday evening, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.
Jan 19, 2013
Volunteer tax assistance partners sought
CRESTVIEW — The United Way of Okaloosa-Walton Counties needs Volunteer Income Tax Assistance partners.
Jan 18, 2013
Scott does about-face on early voting
TALLAHASSEE (AP) — Gov. Rick Scott — who slashed early voting from 14 to 8 days, then defended the decision in court — said Thursday he thinks returning to 14 early-voting days will help ease long li…
Jan 18, 2013
Woman charged with battery for kicking officer has court date
CRESTVIEW — A woman is in hot water after she allegedly kicked a Crestview Police officer in the stomach.
Jan 18, 2013
Rocky Bayou Christian students learn about the Second Amendment
NICEVILLE — The controversy surrounding gun control in the United States has been dissected to its roots and built back up to the present inside a local classroom.