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On Friday, April 17, a suspect was arrested in Crestview following a high-speed chase through Walton County and into Okaloosa County.

The technology of drones grew to popularity back in 2013. A small piece of metal or plastic with four rotating blades and a camera that allowed people to capture stunning scenery that normally would be difficult to achieve.


Now, drones are being used at major sporting events to put on light shows in the night sky that create fascinating images for spectators. That same spectacle will make its way to Baker on May 16.

The Okaloosa County School District held its Career and Technical Education (CTE) Signing Day at the Mattie Kelly Arts Center this past Wednesday.


Compared to 2025, Okaloosa County went leaps and bounds above expectations, setting a new signing day record.

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office arrested 62-year-old Karen Kroll of Crestview and charged her with 42 counts of animal cruelty.

A two-person Cub aircraft took off from the Sky Ranch airstrip in Baker on April 10 with two men on board and crashed shortly after.

Okaloosa County commissioners voted unanimously April 7 to partner with Divers Alert Network, a nonprofit recognized worldwide for dive safety research and emergency medicine, as the county prepares to sink the SS United States as an artificial reef.

There won’t be a special session to work on the budget next week, legislative leaders announced Wednesday.

Joining the military is the bravest and most courageous act that a citizen of the United States can do. They choose to sacrifice their lives to fight for and defend the freedoms this country was founded upon.


But there is a silent sacrifice that most people don’t see from the children of a military family.

A new internal report by Northwest Florida State College obtained by the Crestview News Bulletin says the college improperly stored more than 170 pounds of live medications, including controlled substances such as morphine, fentanyl and a paralytic drug, in its School of Nursing building for an unknown period.

The Okaloosa County School Board voted last Monday to increase general admission ticket prices at high school athletic games.