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Two Crestview men were arrested and charged with possession of child pornography following the execution of a search warrant at their residence.

The city’s least dense residential zoning currently allows four units per acre. The area surrounding the proposed annexation has homes sitting on one to five acres. After hearing residents’ concerns and the developer’s interest in easing those concerns, city staff proposed a new zoning district that reduces the density from four homes per acre to two.

A development order for the project was signed in mid-December and a site plan has been approved by the county, according to the development order. The gas station will be just across Galliver Cutoff from the Ritz Food Mart.

One month before Olivia Nesseth turned 5, doctors discovered a tumor in the little Crestview girl’s left frontal lobe.

The discovery was made after her older brother dropped her and she hit her head. That wasn’t the cause of her tumor – it was the reason it was discovered before it burst in her brain, killing her.

This year, as Tourist Development Director Jennifer Adams plans her budget, she has a much larger area to work with. In October, voters who weren’t in the former bed tax district had the opportunity to approve the extension of that district to include the north end. It passed overwhelmingly.

There’s a new Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office captain in town, following the retirement of Mark Raiche. e worked with the Sheriff’s Office 26 years, ending his career in the north end district that he loved, according to Sheriff Office spokeswoman Michele Nicholson.

After a fight broke out between two girls at a basketball game between Shoal River Middle School and Bruner Middle School Jan. 20, officials made the tough call to suspend the game. They also decided to keep parents out of the boys basketball game that followed.

The fight lasted about 15 seconds, according to Steve Horton, assistant superintendent of the Okaloosa County School District.

Tracey Williams, Executive Director of the Panhandle Animal Welfare Society, has announced that she has tendered her resignation to PAWS to pursue new opportunities. A press release announcing her resignation was sent out Thursday afternoon.

PAWS covered the City of Crestview’s animal control needs until Jan. 1, when the city announced it was taking over those services.

Four bloodhound puppies born to Santa Rosa County’s tracking dog audition for the job at Okaloosa County. No. 11 tracks down the position.

Two men from Mexico were arrested Jan. 17 after it was discovered during a traffic stop on Interstate 10 that their vehicle contained nine occupants, all of which were in the country illegally.