Kiwanis offers to help enhance city environmental park
CRESTVIEW — One of the city’s little-known gems, the McMahon Environmental Center, is tucked away on two and a half acres off Mapoles Street, in the shadow of a state forestry fire observation tower.
Boyles: School resource officer issue between school board and sheriff
CRESTVIEW — Whether all Okaloosa County elementary schools should have school resource officers is a matter between the school board and sheriff, County Commissioner Nathan Boyles said.
Department of Growth Management seeks board volunteer
FORT WALTON BEACH — Okaloosa County’s Department of Growth Management seeks a volunteer to serve as consumer representative for the Electrical Trade Industry Board.
OASIS still facing funding crisis
FORT WALTON BEACH — Supporters have pledged more than $20,000 in donations to the struggling Okaloosa AIDS Support and Informational Service.
Okaloosa considering more money for sheriff, tighter swimming rules
FORT WALTON BEACH — Okaloosa County commissioners are set to vote Tuesday on two major issues.
Experts: January and February are best months to plant trees locally
CRESTVIEW — Theresa Herndon picked the perfect time to move to her new home.
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…
Free tax preparation for low-income residents coming Jan. 30
CRESTVIEW — The time to begin filing tax returns is just around the corner.
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.
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.














