Sep 5, 2025
Vicar of historic Episcopal church: ‘We don’t turn anybody away’
Before finding their collective spiritual home in a traditional church building, members of the Church of the Epiphany in Crestview met in each other’s houses, in a library on Pine Street, and at a Tastee Freez restaurant, the church’s vicar said today.
Sep 4, 2025
A subdivision might rise by the Blackwater Golf Club
New future land use and zoning designations for a vacant 7.5-acre property off Antioch Road received the Crestview Planning and Development Board’s approval on Tuesday.
Sep 3, 2025
County continues its Dorcas Fire District resurrection
A fiscal year 2026 budget and the addition of two positions for the Okaloosa County-led Dorcas Fire District received the County Commission’s approval on Tuesday.
Sep 3, 2025
More sidewalks are coming to Crestview
Five-foot-wide, ADA-compliant sidewalks are slated to be built along Industrial, Long, and Commerce drives in Crestview.
Sep 3, 2025
Police: Bomb threat made to school appears to be a hoax
Authorities continue to investigate a bomb threat that was sent via email on Tuesday to Lakewood Christian School in Crestview.
Sep 2, 2025
Chamber celebrates Exit 4 Escape Rooms
The Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce welcomed Exit 4 Escape Rooms to the Hub City during a ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday.
Aug 29, 2025
Two seriously injured in early morning wreck
A 21-year-old man from Fort Walton Beach and his passenger, a 19-year-old man from Crestview, were both critically injured in a car crash early this morning at the intersection of U.S. Highway 98 and Gulf National Sea Shore Drive on Okaloosa Island.
Aug 28, 2025
Mother to son’s killer: ‘You, sir, took a gift from God’
The only book that is not banned in prison is the Bible, and every story in it is a revelation to who God is, Renee Hamilton said in court this morning to the man who killed her husband.
Aug 27, 2025
Crestview City Council approves septic-to-sewer project
City of Crestview officials plan to eventually have nine single-family homes and The House of God Church on Benjamin Street added to the city’s sewer system.
Aug 27, 2025
Court drops manslaughter charges against Crestview Police officers
Manslaughter charges filed in 2022 against three Crestview Police officers have been officially dismissed by the court, city of Crestview officials said today.














