7th Special Forces Christmas meal today
CRESTVIEW — 7th Special Forces members may attend a Christmas meal at 11 a.m. today at the 7SF dining facility. Meal card holders may eat free.
Business, community leader Billy Teel dies
CRESTVIEW — Longtime local business, church and community leader Billy Teel died Monday at the age of 81. As one of the movers and shakers behind Crestview’s 1950s business renaissance, Teel earned t…
Friends, family gather for 70th wedding anniversary
CRESTVIEW — Thursday marks a milestone for a Crestview couple’s relationship, and a rarity for most couples: 70 years of wedded bliss.
BIRTHDAY: James H. Philpott celebrates 90 years Dec. 23
CRESTVIEW — James H. Philpott, a Crestview resident since the 1940s, will celebrate his 90th birthday 2 to 3:30 p.m. Dec. 23 at Joy Fellowship Church’s fellowship hall, 5978 Old Bethel Road. The publ…
Walker students learn about Chitty Chitty Bang Bangs
CRESTVIEW — To quote the song lyrics, “It’s uncategorical, a fuel-burning oracle, a fantasmagorical machine.” It flies. It floats. And, as Walker Elementary School third graders now know, it all star…
UPDATE: Student suspended for 'gun' possession false alarm
CRESTVIEW — Another media entity’s report on a man allegedly carrying a gun near Northwood Elementary conflicts with the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office’s account of what actually happened.
School: Connecticut events were on students' minds
CRESTVIEW — Martha Barton, a response intervention specialist in Northwood Elementary's school’s guidance department and reading resource teacher, said the Connecticut school shooting was on many min…
Council approves new water system for northwest Crestview
CRESTVIEW — With local officials projecting northwest Crestview will be the city’s next area of growth, the City Council took steps toward preparing for the quadrant’s expansion by approving a new wa…
Crestview council mulls travel expense reimbursement
CRESTVIEW — Networking with other cities’ elected leaders and learning innovative ways to meet Crestview’s challenges are some benefits of attending out-of-town conferences, city council members said.
Emergency financial assistance available for wounded warriors
JACKSONVILLE — Wounded Warrior Project and Operation Homefront will extend emergency financial assistance to military service members and veterans active on or after Sept. 11, 2001.

















