Exchange Club sponsors Veterans Day flag display
CRESTVIEW — In honor of our local military veterans, a field of flags will rise before Crestview High School in time for Veterans Day. The Crestview Exchange Club’s annual project presents individual…
Two women among those who cope in Alzheimer's support group
CRESTVIEW — Alzheimer's Family Services, a non-profit organization, has given assistance and support for families with loved ones who have Alzheimer's. AFS, a Covenant Hospice affiliate, also runs me…
Crestview church features pumpkin patch running through Oct. 31
CRESTVIEW — Wesley Academy's pre-kindergarten class was the first group of students to visit a pumpkin patch at St. Mark's United Methodist Church on Wednesday.
Downtown parking lot expected to be finished ahead of schedule
After several years of false starts and setbacks, construction on a downtown parking lot is underway. Having cleared the land, earlier this week, a crew from DeFuniak Springs-based Utilities Solution…
Crestview man arrested on sexual battery charges
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has filed charges of sexual battery on a victim over age 12 and contributing to the delinquency of a minor against Crestview resident Lyle Franklin Forrest Jr.
Elections supervisor offers synopses of constitutional amendments
CRESTVIEW — Okaloosa County Supervisor of Elections Paul Lux said he sympathizes with voters befuddled by summaries for 11 proposed amendments to the Florida Constitution that appear on the Nov. 6 ba…
Crestview counselors providing free Medicare information by appointment
Free Medicare counseling and information is available to adults age 65 and up at Crestview Public Library, 1445 Commerce Drive, and Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, 603 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave…
Niceville Kiwanis workday benefits Children in Crisis organization
The Kiwanis Key Club of Niceville-Valparaiso helped clean the Children in Crisis Children’s Neighborhood on a recent Saturday. Maintenance and improvement workdays at the neighborhood are every Satur…
Area blood drives announced
Local blood drives for OneBlood, Inc., servicing Northwest and South Florida, lower Alabama and Georgia, are listed below.
School districts scramble to find room for kindergartners
Another jump in the number of kindergartners in local schools has officials scrambling again to find space for them.















