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Jun 10, 2024

Should school board elections remain nonpartisan? Voters will decide.

Florida voters in the Nov. 5 general election will be asked to decide whether to approve Amendment 1, which would make school board elections partisan by including political party labels, such as Democrat and Republican, on the ballot next to a candidate’s name.
Jun 10, 2024

Cassie Carli Bill officially becomes law

On the afternoon of June 5, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed House Bill (HB) 385 into law. The bill, known as “Cassie Carli law,” will go into effect July 1.
Jun 10, 2024
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Wesleyan Child Care Center serves local families

Proverbs 22:6 says, “Train up a child in the way they should go and when they are old, they will not depart from it.”

Training children in the ways of God is just what the Wesleyan Child Care Center does. The childcare, on the campus of First Methodist Church, is located at 599 8th Ave., in Crestview.

Jun 7, 2024

Officials probe Laurel Hill house fire and stolen guns, jewelry and cash

Laurel Hill resident Travis Dewrell said the fire that recently destroyed his mother’s log cabin house was intentionally set, and that whoever caused it first stole cash, jewelry and guns from her safe.
Jun 7, 2024
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AFSFC reaches final phase of fielding Model Defender gear

A four-year initiative to modernize the day-to-day equipment of active-duty Air Force security forces defenders reached its fifth and final phase recently with the award of a $39 million contract for state-of-the-art defender gear.
Jun 6, 2024

Report includes ‘worst-case urban sprawl scenario’ for north county

According to a startling finding from the planning firm conducting the North Okaloosa Planning Study, the county’s existing future land use and zoning rules for the study area “provide for 129,535 dwelling units, supporting a population of 351,039 residents” by 2050.
Jun 5, 2024

Hub City residents should put storm debris at the curbside before Monday

City of Crestview employees continue removing debris left in the wake of the May 10 tornado.
Jun 5, 2024

‘Crestview Evening Relief’ road project receives more funding

Okaloosa County’s “SR 85 Crestview Evening Relief project,” which aims to increase vehicle capacity on an often-clogged stretch of State Road 85, is a small but vital piece of a much larger planned highway-widening initiative.
Jun 5, 2024
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What’s going on here?

The Tractor Supply Co. store at 320 W. U.S. Highway 90 in Crestview is undergoing a major expansion.
Jun 4, 2024

Autrey: Planned traffic control center will help drivers

A multi-million dollar traffic management center might be ready to be built in Niceville next year, according to Okaloosa County Public Works Director Jason Autrey.
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