The design of a multi-use path between Main Street and Twin Hills Park, the implementation of upgrades to Crestview Manor, and the installation of security cameras in the downtown area are some of the projects in the city of Crestview’s 2025 Annual Action Plan.
Destin historian and author Ronald Collins discussed and signed copies of his new book, “Mystery at Green Pond: The murder of Bud and Nancy Davis by the Blackwell Brothers,” during Saturday’s “Books on the Porch” event at the Crestview History Museum.
Crestview officials have issued a development order for the planned Walmart Neighborhood Market on the north side of town and are reviewing a new development application for a Wawa convenience store and gas station near Duggan Avenue.
Laurel Hill resident Seth Dewayne Talbot, 45, has been sentenced by District Court Judge T. Kent Wetherell, II to six years in prison after previously pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
A sidewalk construction project by Laurel Hill School is anticipated to begin this fall and be fully completed within 165 calendar days, or 5 1/2 months.
Following a gentle rain, an intimate dedication ceremony was held on Monday afternoon at Crestview’s Twin Hills Park to honor the memory of Kadance Fredericksen.
Florida Power & Light has acknowledged that a “catastrophic failure” occurred at its Kayak Solar Energy Center in Holt after a recent heavy rainfall led to large sediment discharges into wetlands and streams and onto residential properties, state Sen. Don Gaetz said at a public meeting on Monday evening.
On Monday evening, birds sang from trees above an outdoor gallery containing hundreds of photos of loved ones of 79-year-old Dorothy Bess-Preston, who looked over the charred remains of her adjacent house that recently was destroyed by a fire.
