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A Fort Walton Beach-area man wanted for questioning in connection with a battery on a 78-year-old woman barricaded himself inside his Ed Street home on Sunday and threatened to shoot responding deputies, Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office officials said today in a news release.

Construction of the $171-million Brooks Bridge replacement project began in August 2023 and is scheduled for completion in the summer of 2027.

A 60-year-old man from Baker caused a two-vehicle crash on Saturday.

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office arrested 39-year-old Shannon L. Allmon, of Florala, Alabama on Sunday on felony charges of larceny and exploitation of the elderly.

City of Crestview officials recently issued a development order for an 84-room Candlewood Suites hotel that’s slated to be built near the Interstate 10 interchange at State Road 85.

Adora Mcelheney, the owner of the “Smokin Country Flava” food truck in Crestview, fell in love again with her high school sweetheart in 2019. Food was their shared passion, both working in the food industry. She herself was a manager of different restaurants such as Whataburger and Shoney’s, and he is what Mcelheney describes as a “master griller.”

At its budget meeting on Tuesday, the Crestview City Council unanimously approved setting the city’s proposed fiscal year 2026 millage rate at 6.65.

At its budget meeting on Tuesday, a majority of the Crestview City Council agreed to promote interim City Manager Jessica Leavins to city manager.

The Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday helped celebrate the grand opening of Mills Heating & Air’s new Hub City location at 1455 S. Ferdon Blvd., unit A-2.

Okaloosa County officials intend on sticking with the existing and longtime countywide millage rate of 3.83 mills for fiscal year 2025-2026.