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A significant line of weather is scheduled to come through Okaloosa County early Wednesday morning bringing the potential of damaging winds up to 70 miles per hour. The possibility of tornadoes cannot be ruled out. This weather system containing thunderstorms will pass through quickly, according to Patrick Maddox, director of Emergency Operations for Okaloosa County.

A Crestview home was destroyed in a fire Monday night. A fire in residential home results in the complete loss of the house but no injuries.

The National Weather Service in Mobile is predicting severe weather conditions in the overnight hours of Tuesday night and Wednesday morning for our area. Okaloosa County has been placed under an enhanced risk for severe weather. According to the National Weather Service in Mobile, the line of storms will move east of I-65 during the overnight hours after midnight and impact the western Florida Panhandle during this time.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported more than 100,000 overdose-related deaths throughout the nation last year, with 7,800 deaths in Florida. Opioid usage and overdoses have continued to rise every year since 2019 and have grown to epidemic levels affecting communities across the country and citizens from all walks of life.

The next meeting of the Crestview City Council is scheduled for 6 p.m. Jan. 23 at City Hall. One of the biggest items on the meeting agenda is the second reading for revisions to the Land Development Code and updating the Code Enforcement Mitigation.

The 96th Test Wing is collaborating with community leaders on a proposal to build a military family care complex in Crestview. The proposed complex plan will bring a medical clinic, child development center, and military helping agencies to servicemembers and families who reside in the area.

A Crestview woman has been arrested on multiple drug charges and is the suspect in a theft earlier this week. Okaloosa County sheriff’s deputies pulled over Carolyn Satterfield, 47, of Crestview, at about 9:30 a.m. Thursday.

Mediacom Communications announced last week it enrolled more than 40,000 customers in the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), a new federal program that provides eligible households $30 per month off their internet bills.

Throughout the year, the Crestview News Bulletin will be conducting Question & Answer profiles on a number of local city leaders.

This week, we reached out to Crestview City Council member Andrew Rencich. Rencich, who is an at large member of the council, has been on the board since April 2019 and is mayor pro tem for this year.

As temperatures drop amid cold snaps throughout the state, Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) is debuting a revamped, free resource to help families be energy efficient this winter.

The FPL House of Savings Winter Edition is an interactive tool that uses augmented reality to help customers learn how to save on their energy bill all winter long.