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Hundreds of new single-family homes could soon be added to the unincorporated Baker area.

The historic Crestview Plumbing and Hardware store at 297 N. Main St. is fading away.
Gary Ellis, the store’s long-time owner who looks forward to retiring, said late this morning that after the store closes today, it will remain closed to the public for the next two weeks while he takes care of “unfinished business.”

Okaloosa County officials need the support of state leaders to obtain money for a new bridge over the Shoal River by the south end of Crestview, County Commission Chairman Trey Goodwin said at the annual Okaloosa County Legislative Delegation Meeting on Oct. 30.

The Florida Highway Patrol arrested a Pensacola man on numerous charges on Oct. 30 after the man reportedly drove recklessly in Crestview.

Florida Power & Light’s first solar energy center in Okaloosa County is expected to be operational by the end of January 2024.

A single-vehicle wreck killed a 26-year-old Crestview man at 1 a.m. Saturday morning on Old River Road in Baker.

Unlike athletes, band members “never get benched” and can perform for the rest of their lives, says Crestview musician Dorothy Burress, who at age 75 is still helping to set the tempo as a drummer.

While insinuations that occasionally appear on social media imply otherwise, Crestview City Attorney Jon Holloway says there is no conflict of interest involved in Adams Sanitation serving as the Hub City’s new solid waste collector.

The Crestview City Council on Oct. 23 received an update on the planned Vineyard Village low-income housing project and approved selling several surplus properties to Habitat for Humanity in Okaloosa County.

The Northwest Florida Health Network told church and faith-based nonprofit leaders last week that it can fund their community-based social services without interfering in how those services are provided.

“Governor DeSantis has had his people do all the legal work,” the Rev. Rick Hazelip of First City Church said Thursday, Oct. 19, at a “Faith Summit” at Brownsville Church. “All we have to do is open up our services to anybody, regardless of their beliefs. And then we do what we do.”