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The Crestview City Council has a full agenda for their meeting on Aug. 24; discussing cottage food code changes, animal control agreements, and rate changes for sewer customers. The meeting begins at 5 p.m. in the City of Crestview council chambers.

Over the summer, schools across Okaloosa County opened their doors to serve breakfast and lunch to children who were eligible for free or reduced-price meals.


During that time, over 71,000 free meals were served.

Okaloosa County commissioners voted unanimously Aug. 18 to approve a $24,656,085 contract that will turn county-provided transit from a daily operation to an application-based, on-demand service beginning Sept. 1.

Okaloosa County commissioners unanimously approved a list of proposed projects a renewed half-cent infrastructure surtax would pay for, spending most of the discussion making the case for the tax’s renewal on the Nov. 3 ballot.

A 13-year-old Crestview boy was seriously injured after being hit by a school bus on Aug. 19, according to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol.

An agreement between the city of Crestview and the Okaloosa County Commission moved forward on Aug. 18 that will split animal control and sheltering costs evenly between the two parties, expanding a county program that officials have described for months as the lower-cost option.

A 28-year-old man arrested on suspicion of drunken driving offered a Crestview police officer $1,000 to release him as authorities took him to the Okaloosa County Jail, according to an arrest report from the Crestview Police Department.

About 30 people were standing at the Defiance County line on July 18, waiting on a man from Crestview to drive past a sign.

John Vaughn had told them to be there. Or rather, the president of a travel club had, and the club president had gotten carried away with it.

“He said, ‘everybody wants to go out there and see John Vaughn cross the county line and finish his final county,’” Vaughn recalled. “3,143 counties.”

Construction had finished, the doors had been opened, and students were already in class before the ribbon was cut at Pineview School.


However, that didn’t stop the momentous occasion of celebrating the K-8 school this past Friday.

Another award-winning Christian artist will visit Okaloosa County on Aug. 30 as Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church hosts its PraiseFest event.


The night will feature the voices of Pilgrim Rest’s choir, which will be joined by three-time Dove Award-winning artist TaRanda Greene.