C.W. Roberts Contracting Inc., the Freeport-based construction firm leading the PJ Adams Parkway expansion project in Crestview, has been awarded a $4.1 million contract to improve the southernmost portion of Live Oak Church Road by the Hub City’s south end.
A 54-year-old Crestview man was arrested on Sept. 2 after he allegedly shot and killed his wife at their home.
Corey Ray Vallie, of 820 Moorhen Way, faces charges of first-degree capital murder and tampering with or destroying evidence in a life felony case.
Local government officials cannot stop the production of fentanyl in China or prevent opioids from flowing into the United States, Crestview Mayor J.B. Whitten said at the mayor-hosted overdose awareness meeting on Aug. 31.
“But what we can do is educate people,” Whitten told about 75 attendees of the meeting, which was held on International Overdose Awareness Day and took place at the Crestview Community Center. “We can tell our people what’s available in terms of outreach, prevention, rehabilitation and follow-up programs.”
The top reason why local youths miss school is they are embarrassed about their personal appearance, Kiwanis Club of Crestview member Roy Estes said.
“If we can help them with this, they might stay in class,” Estes said on Aug. 31 at Warriors Hall on Stillwell Boulevard, where he and other club members sorted and packed assorted hygiene products to benefit local students.
Three floors, as well as an original post office sales counter, were among the interesting finds made during the renovation of the historic building that began housing the Crestview Community Redevelopment Agency and Main Street Crestview Association offices this past June.
Crestview Police detectives believe the recent apparent double murder-suicide involving three senior citizens occurred on Aug. 15, Police Chief Stephen McCosker said on Aug. 30.
The tragedy occurred at a home at 692 Brock Avenue, just south of downtown Crestview.
After conducting a public hearing on Aug. 28, the Okaloosa County School Board unanimously adopted a revised policy on the handling of criticism of library books or educational material.
The Crestview Community Redevelopment Agency has agreed to make CRA grant policy exceptions that will hasten the process of redeveloping the Crestview Plumbing and Hardware store space into a new 3rd Planet Brewing Co. craft brewery.
One teen is in custody and warrants are pending against another following a pursuit of a stolen car that crashed into a Crestview business during the early morning of Aug. 26.
