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Feb 14, 2022
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Crestview firm helps Good Samaritan honor ‘unknown infants’ with headstones

The headstones were provided through the City of Milton, with the help of a large donation from Gulf Coast Wilbert, a Crestview company. Private donations also helped.
Feb 12, 2022

Driver crashes truck after being struck with birdshot

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a Crestview man was apparently struck with birdshot while driving his pickup truck Friday evening.
Feb 12, 2022
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Photos: Dollar stores doubling in Laurel Hill

Construction is underway on a new dollar store along State Road 85 in Laurel Hill. The new store is just down the road from a Dollar General store.
Feb 11, 2022
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Alliance director stresses importance of longleaf pines

It’s hard to imagine today, but just over 100 years ago the coastal plains of America from Virginia to eastern Texas were covered by about 92 million acres of longleaf pines. Fortunately, we have folks like Vernon Compton who care about preserving and restoring the 1.3 million acres left in Northwest Florida and South Alabama.
Feb 9, 2022

Milton man pulls Fort Walton mayor out of burning car

A Milton tow truck driver is being hailed as “Our Hero – Our Angel” by the mayor of Fort Walton Beach’s family after saving him and his wife from a burning vehicle.

Mayor Dick Rynearson and his wife, Janey, were heading to a gas station off Interstate 10 near Live Oak Jan. 26 when their car was t-boned and burst into flames.

Feb 9, 2022
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Homeless man with ‘senior issues’ refuses to leave Crestview shelter

He told the media last week that he’d been kicked out, but he’s still there, according to Ann Sprague, president of the Crestview Area Shelter for the Homeless.
Feb 8, 2022

Laurel Hill City Council member among those trying to ‘de-annex’ from city

The 29 lots total more than 176 acres of land and includes fewer than 345 people, the draft ordinance said.
Feb 4, 2022
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Sheriff’s Office: Suspect in double homicide sold car to Crestview-area resident

Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigators had been searching for 47-year old Chad Ankenbrand since discovering the bodies of his estranged girlfriend, 52-year old Annastacia Merrell, and Merrell’s co-worker, 51-year old Patrick Tymoch, inside Merrell’s Bentwood Lane home Tuesday afternoon.
Feb 4, 2022

Hoop-tee-do: Crestview Chamber breakfast hoops it up

Four contestants – all volunteers – took to the stage and tried to keep their hula hoops going in front of the usual packed community center.
Feb 1, 2022

Crestview, north county residents: Take 10 minutes to complete broadband survey

Okaloosa County is working to improve broadband to areas of North Okaloosa with little to no access at this time. A quick 10-question survey, with integrated speed test is a first step in accomplishing the goal. Participation is critical to the success of this project.
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