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Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce officials on Tuesday attended the ribbon cutting ceremony for PenAir Credit Union’s new Crestview branch.

James C. Klettheimer, 57, of the 500 block of Liberty Lane in Fort Walton Beach, was arrested Tuesday on a charge of bigamy after being served with a warrant by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.

Crestview City Councilor Shannon Hayes recently was appointed to serve as the vice chair of the Florida League of Cities 2025-2026 Municipal Operations Policy Committee, one of the League’s five Legislative Policy Committees.

The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles recently received $13.6 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to support its partnership with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the 287(g) Task Force Model.

With little discussion, Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida Cabinet members on Tuesday approved spending $83.3 million for four acres of land that will be overseen as a public park by Okaloosa County.

The city of Crestview is accepting nominations for the Mae Reatha Coleman Citizen of the Year 2025.

An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office K9 Unit, alongside Okaloosa and Walton Correctional Institution teams, tirelessly tracked a fugitive through a swamp for several hours on Saturday before taking him into custody off Bill Lundy Road.

Travaess McLemore, 41, of Fort Walton Beach, was indicted by a federal grand jury, charging him with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and distribution of methamphetamine, John P. Heekin, United States attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced today.

A 48-year-old Laurel Hill woman died in a two-vehicle accident in Washington County early Friday morning.

Nadeem Mounla, 33, of the 600 block of Kanuha Drive by the west side of Fort Walton Beach, was arrested Thursday on a charge of aggravated battery on a pregnant woman.