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CHELCO recently honored 32 employees during their annual Service Awards Breakfast at CHELCO headquarters in DeFuniak Springs. The group of employees were recognized for their years of service to CHELCO and to its customers.

Cold temperatures did not stop the citizens of Crestview from gathering to honor the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Six local restaurants were inspected recently and not all passed with a satisfactory rating.

The results of food service inspections are essential to our community’s health and safety. Everyone wants to be assured they are being well cared for when choosing to treat themselves to a meal.

A Crestview woman has been arrested on DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide charges for her role in a June 2022 traffic crash that resulted in the death of a Fort Walton Beach man. The Crestview Police Department arrested 55-year-old Ellie Mae Ainsworth of Crestview on Thursday in reference to the investigation of a June 17, 2022, traffic crash that resulted in the death of 38-year-old William Norris Cosgrove III of Fort Walton Beach.

Canine, feline and human residents are all ears about the changes and future of local animal control services. The community is experiencing positive impacts from the efforts of the city’s Animal Control Services and the program’s developments over its first year.

New lion Judah, heated night houses, a reptile house, and more have been added to the local zoo in the past year. Zoo owners Rick and Sara de Ridder, and the staff at the Emerald Coast Zoo, are enthusiastic about their projects and updates for both visitors and animal inhabitants.

U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz spoke eloquently of the character and quality required to be nominated to one of the nation’s military academies at a ceremony Tuesday at Navarre High School.

Cold temperatures did not stop the citizens of Crestview from gathering to honor the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. On Saturday, Jan. 14, the Concern Citizens Group of Crestview and the City of Crestview held a MLK march down Main Street filled with singing, laughter and smiles. Following the march, the community gathered for a special program to commemorate King and cultivate the continuation of his dream of living in a united and equal world.

Dana Clah, the founder of the Emerald Coast Life Center, thought she was invited to the City of Crestview’s Mae Reatha Coleman Citizen of the Year recognition to support her pastor. She was taken aback when she found out she was this year’s recipient of the Citizen of the Year award and the people in the audience were there to celebrate her achievements from the past year.

Three sewage-related proposals will be submitted to the state for the Local Funding Initiative Requests.

Each year, the city requests funding assistance from the state Legislature on a number of projects. With the Legislative Session scheduled to start in April, many municipalities are in the process of submitted funding requests.