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CRESTVIEW — Understanding a community's history and revisiting an era of academic triumph amid racial strife are important, George Stakley, the Carver-Hill Memorial and Historical Society's president…

LAUREL HILL— The Laurel Hill city council voted unanimously to seek Okaloosa County's help in paving portions of Sunnyside Avenue and Steel Mill Creek Road on Thursday night.

The next meeting of the Almarante Board of Fire Commissioners is 7 p.m. Feb. 14 at the fire station, 3710 Old California Road. Meetings are every Thursday at 7 p.m.

CRESTVIEW — A woman successfully maintained control of her purse after a man attempted to snatch it Jan. 16 in the Publix parking lot.

FORT WALTON BEACH — The Workforce Development Board of Okaloosa and Walton Counties Veteran Services Team will host the annual Seasonal Hiring Fair 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Niceville Community…

EGLIN AFB — The Marine variant of the F-35 fighter jet has been grounded after a flight at the base experienced an engine problem during takeoff.

State Rep. Doug Broxson is sponsoring legislation that would allow companies to “develop oil and gas resources” in the Blackwater River State Forest.

Raising chickens in your backyard is becoming a national fad.

American speculative fiction writer Harlan Ellison once said, "You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant."
So how do you be…

Okaloosa County Tax Collector Ben Anderson has plans to open a satellite office on Hurlburt Field in the spring.