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Huge expansions are planned for the parking lots at Okaloosa County’s John Beasley and Ross Marler parks on Okaloosa Island.

A Georgia tourist was arrested after shooting a man in the leg Sunday night in Destin, according to Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office officials.

Residents who for years have been asking local government officials to have sidewalks built along busy Stillwell Boulevard in and near Crestview soon will get their request fulfilled.

The 2025 recreational bay scallop season for the Gulf County Zone (including all of St. Joseph Bay) opens Aug. 16 and will remain open through Sept. 24. This region includes all state waters from the Mexico Beach Canal in Bay County to the westernmost point of St. Vincent Island in Franklin County.

The nonprofit Friends of the Crestview Library group plans to host a book sale on Friday and Saturday at the Crestview Community Center, 1446 Commerce Drive.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is continuing its probe into an officer involved shooting that occurred early Saturday morning in Crestview.

Atrial fibrillation, which occurs when the heart beats irregularly and often rapidly due to abnormal electrical signals in the upper chambers of the heart, affects about 12.1 million Americans, according to information from North Okaloosa Medical Center.

About $170,000 worth of renovation work will be performed at the city of Crestview’s future Arts & Learning Center at 189 N. Main St., and the parking lot at the city’s Blackwater Golf Club will be greatly expanded.

One of the most delightful parts about a kayaking trip to and on jungle-like Rocky Creek occurs right before you enter the mouth of this clear, fast-moving river.