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May 19, 2025

Traffic safety cameras are coming to some school zones

On Aug. 11, which is the first day of the 2025-2026 school year for Okaloosa County School District students, Crestview officials plan to start a monthlong educational campaign on traffic safety cameras that will be installed in the school zones of four schools.
May 16, 2025
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Northwest Florida might have been home to America’s first domesticated cats

A recently published archaeological study is shedding new light on the role of domesticated cats in the early days of Colonial America. The remains of the cats at the heart of the article were found on a 1559 shipwreck in Pensacola Bay, dubbed Emmanuel Point II.
May 15, 2025

Crestview students win Poster Contest awards

The Okaloosa Arts Alliance thanks all the Okaloosa County School students who participated in the 16th Annual OAA Okaloosa County School Poster Contest.

This year the theme was “Arts in Outer Space.” On May 4, all 138 entries were on display at the Emerald Coast Science Center in Fort Walton Beach. 

May 15, 2025

Crestview man charged in gun discharge at Maryland elementary school

A handgun that was discharged inside a classroom in a Charles County, Maryland, elementary school, has been tracked back to a Crestview man who was visiting relatives in the area.
May 14, 2025

Crestview to honor fallen veterans

The city of Crestview’s Memorial Day Ceremony is set for 10 a.m. Monday, May 26 at the Okaloosa County Veterans Memorial on North Main Street.
May 13, 2025

Two-year-old boy’s life saved by Crestview PD and dispatchers

On April 8, 2025, at approximately 2:55 a.m., Crestview Police Department units were dispatched in response to a report of a two-year-old boy possibly experiencing cardiac arrest and seizures. Officer Jessika Axelson was the first to arrive, finding the boy unresponsive and with no heartbeat. She immediately began cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
May 13, 2025

Patronis issues warning about deed fraud

Congressman Jimmy Patronis on May 5 warned consumers about a surge in real estate deed scams.

Fraudsters target vacant or unmonitored homes and use forged documents to sell those properties to unsuspecting buyers, according to a news release from Patronis. It states that according to the FBI, nationwide, from 2019 through 2023, 58,000 victims reported $1.3 billion in losses relating to real estate fraud.

May 13, 2025
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School District celebrates Mental Health Awareness Month

In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month this May, the Okaloosa County School District will engage students, staff, and families in activities designed to foster mental wellness, promote conversation, and provide mental health resources.
May 9, 2025
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Baker Block Museum to host the Baker Arts Festival

Art and craft vendors, live music, and tasty food will highlight the Fourth Annual Baker Arts Festival, which is set for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 17.
May 8, 2025

Maney wants markers for Camp Crestview and Fort Kirkland sites

With the aim of sharing local history in perpetuity, Army veteran and District 4 State Rep. Patt Maney, R-Shalimar, hopes to have historical markers placed at the sites of the long-gone Camp Crestview and Fort Kirkland.
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