Jul 7, 2025
Drainage work closes Hospital Drive
Starting this morning, Hospital Drive in Crestview will be closed for about one week for drainage work.
Jul 3, 2025
Museum to host Bastille Day Celebration
Residents ready to fence like a Three Musketeer, savor French culinary culture, and delve into the heritage of Crestview’s Sister City in France are invited to celebrate Bastille Day (a couple days early) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 12, at the Crestview History Museum in the historic Bush House.
Jul 3, 2025
New book recounts historic murders in Okaloosa County
In his new book titled “Mystery at Green Pond: The murder of Bud and Nancy Davis by the Blackwell Brothers,” Destin author Ronald W. Collins chronicles the events that led to the shooting and killing of a Confederate Army veteran and his wife in Okaloosa County in 1917.
Jul 2, 2025
Crestview teen injured in car accident
Multiple people, including a 17-year-old girl from Crestview, were injured in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday morning in the Ensley area northwest of Pensacola.
Jul 2, 2025
May Day participants say part of the event had too many cops
The heavy police presence during the latter hours of the recent May Day celebration in Crestview was needed to try to keep revelers safe, city Police Chief Steve McCosker told attendees of a post-May Day town hall meeting on Tuesday.
Jul 1, 2025
Board confirms appointment of new growth management director
For the first time in nearly 20 years, Okaloosa County has a new growth management director.
Jul 1, 2025
C&C Asian Market brings good food and culture to Crestview
Chun Chun Chan Goodson credits her love of food and cooking to her time when she was a nurse in Hong Kong.
Along with being in internalized medicine in hospitals, Chan Goodson also worked as a home health nurse.
Jul 1, 2025
Authorities capture murder suspect
A fugitive accused of murdering a Fort Walton Beach-area man in early 2021 is now in custody, Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office officials said today in a news release.
Jul 1, 2025
County recognizes heroic EMT
Okaloosa County Emergency Medical Technician Jessica Freitas has received the county’s H.E.R.O. Award for disarming and helping a distraught woman in Mary Esther.
Jun 30, 2025
New bill shields elected officials’ information
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a bill that creates a public-records exemption to prevent the release of home addresses and telephone numbers of legislators, members of Congress and numerous other elected officials.




