Apr 15, 2025
Crestview cracks down on smoking/vaping at city parks
In support of protecting children’s health, the Crestview City Council on Monday unanimously adopted an ordinance that for the most part prohibits smoking and vaping at all city owned parks.
Apr 15, 2025
Crestview looks to establish a downtown arts and education center
City of Crestview officials hope to soon finalize a lease of the former Connect With Flowers store space at 189 N. Main St. and use it for a centralized arts and education center.
Apr 13, 2025
The SS United States is going down in Okaloosa County
Between its bow and stern, legends such as Duke Ellington played music for passengers like Salvador Dali, Marilyn Monroe, Bob Hope, and four United States’ presidents.
Apr 10, 2025
Baker Fire District celebrates its new big rig
Between the setting sun and the rising, nearly full moon this evening, about a dozen Baker Fire District members and supporters helped move the district’s brand-new, approximately 30-ton tanker into a bay at Station 20 on 19th Street in Baker.
Apr 10, 2025
‘Laughter is the best medicine’ at the Senior Activity Center
The Crestview Senior Activity Center “is really a home away from home,” 84-year-old Hub City resident Glenda McMasters said this afternoon after wrapping up a Bunco dice game session with her friends.
Apr 10, 2025
Two FWB-area men arrested in drug bust
Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Multi-Agency Drug Task Force members found a trafficking amount of fentanyl, a rifle, and drug paraphernalia while executing a narcotics search warrant this morning at 4 Allen Drive in the Wright area near Fort Walton Beach, S.O. officials said in a news release.
Apr 10, 2025
Gopher Tortoise Day
Happy Gopher Tortoise Day. Gopher tortoises are found in all 67 Florida counties and are frequently seen in neighborhoods, along roadways, and in many of Florida’s public parks and forests. Their burrows provide shelter for more than 350 species.
Apr 9, 2025
Affordable apartments continue taking shape
Units at the Vineyard Village apartment complex by downtown Crestview might be ready for occupancy around August or September, the Rev. Cecil Williams from Gregg Chapel A.M.E. Church said today.
Apr 9, 2025
S.O. searches for fleeing Crestview-area felon
A Crestview-area man wanted by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office on multiple warrants, ranging from felony failure to appear to possession of firearms and ammo by a convicted felon, ran from an attempted traffic stop on Tuesday near U.S. Highway 90 and Hibiscus Avenue in the Deerland area.
Apr 8, 2025
Potential Crestview subdivision would bring much more traffic
The proposed large Freedom Walk subdivision on Crestview’s north end took another step toward becoming a reality on Monday night.




