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School zone speed cameras that aim to help protect students and other pedestrians could be installed on Wednesday in front of Shoal River Middle School and Riverside Elementary School, Crestview City Manager Jessica Leavins said at Monday’s City Council meeting.

Brittany Young, who has served as the assistant principal of Walker Elementary School in Crestview for the past several years, is now the school’s principal.

All 11th-grade students from Crestview, Baker and Laurel Hill high schools are invited to attend CHS’ 2026 Career Fair from 9 a.m. to noon Friday, March 6, in the CHS Multipurpose Building.

With the option of finding Okaloosa County Jail inmate booking data by date or a range of dates unavailable, visitors to the county’s new “Department of Corrections Inmate Search” website that debuted earlier this week must click on each inmate’s name to learn when and why he or she was jailed.

At 2 p.m. every Sunday, anyone who is hungry in Crestview is welcome to enjoy a free, hot, homecooked meal from the nonprofit Dinner At Dad’s food distribution ministry.

A 34-year-old woman who allegedly robbed a bank in Louisiana was arrested by authorities in Walton County on Wednesday.

You know your dogger is just aching to visit a museum. Luckily, the Crestview History Museum will welcome families and individuals and their pooches to “Puppy Love on the Porch” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14.

The Walmart Neighborhood Market being built at 1150 Industrial Drive in north Crestview could be ready to open in September or October, Kevin Rogers, principal at WRS Inc. Real Estate Investments, said after this morning’s groundbreaking ceremony for the new store.

In 2025, Crestview Animal Services recorded 193 more cat and dog adoptions than it did during the prior year, which “made a significant difference in putting animals into their forever homes,” Animal Services Supervisor Katie Healey said today.

Holt native Max Cooper reflected on his great uncle during Tuesday’s public meeting about a proposed shared-use trail that might eventually be built in the small, unincorporated community.