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It’s been years in the making – some might even say decades – but Crestview’s history is finally getting its own museum.

The demolition and reconstruction work on the Lorenza Bush House, a 3,600 square-foot Craftsman first built in 1925 for the wife of a railroad tracks supervisor, is complete.

Petty Officer 2nd Class John Russell is a man on a mission. A rookie with the Blue Angels, Russell hopes to earn his keep as the elite organization’s flight line controller.

“First,” he said with an easy smile, “I need to make E-6.”

Two 15-year-olds have been charged with the murder of a Crestview teen Thursday afternoon. According to Fort Walton Beach police, two 15-year-old boys – Brandon Lanieux and Trevor Brown – met 18-year-old Sean Yadriel Burgos-Jimenez of Crestview in the parking lot of the Fort Walton Beach Recreation Center on Jet Drive NW.

An Escambia County Grand Jury has indicted Brian Keith Easterling for the charge of First Degree Murder.

The Indictment stems from the June 2, 2022, shooting death of Michael Evers.

The Florida Department of Transportation recently announced work will begin on the I-10 interchange at Antioch Road/P.J. Adams later this month.

The project is expected to be completed by 2026.

Most Crestview city employees will soon see a little extra in their paychecks.

City Council, at last Monday’s meeting, approved a one-time $1,000 bonus and a 3% cost of living raise for all city workers below the “director” level.

The Richbourg School has a mission like no other in Crestview.

One of two in Okaloosa County, the Richbourg School is a K-12 program entirely for special needs students.

The City of Crestview and Main Street Crestview Association invite everyone to the city’s Fourth of July celebration on Monday, July 4, at Twin Hills Park in Crestview.

Festivities start at 3 p.m. with a fireworks display at 9 p.m.

Thanks to a charter overhaul in 2020, Joe Blocker and Shannon Hayes will end the longest single terms in Crestview City Council history campaigning against one another this fall to represent Precinct 1.

After hearing from a number of concerned Holt residents about construction of a biosolids disposal plant near the Bone Creek Recreational Area, Okaloosa County commissioners put a six-month hold on any permitting action so county officials can study the matter.