Apr 3, 2024
Inside a Civil Air Patrol SAR mission
Arlington, Va. (AFNS) – On Feb. 6, five Marines aboard a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter belonging to the U.S. Marine Corps’ 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing were reported “overdue” while en route to San Diego, sparking a search and rescue mission for the missing service members.
Apr 2, 2024
County thanks longtime advocate Sen. Broxson
The Okaloosa County Commission is “extremely grateful to God for what He’s done through your life so far,” District 1 Commissioner and Commission Chairman Paul Mixon recently told outgoing District 1 state Sen. Doug Broxson, R-Gulf Breeze.
Apr 2, 2024
Hometown History: By phone by mail or by train
Crestview – We’re catching up on the last couple weeks of local history. This week we take a look at the local technological innovation that in about 35 years would lead to Crestview teenagers staying up all night gabbing with friends: the telephone.
Apr 2, 2024
New sidewalks are planned by Laurel Hill School
Okaloosa County officials will administer a recently awarded state grant that will pay for the construction of sidewalks near Laurel Hill School.
Apr 1, 2024
The power of giving
Big-hearted physicians from North Okaloosa Medical Center donated $6,000 to the Crestview Area Shelter for the Homeless this morning in celebration of National Doctor’s Day.
Apr 1, 2024
Sheriff’s Office K9 helps find suspect in Crestview
An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office K9 was instrumental in the capture of a suspect in Crestview on Saturday.
Apr 1, 2024
Crestview’s Lily Kroft wins trade scholarship
For the second year in a row a Crestview High School student in the Building Trades program has won the Robert and Amy Harper Scholarship awarded by the Home Builders Institute.
Mar 29, 2024
Boyles to discuss North Okaloosa Planning Study
At 6 p.m. Tuesday in Baker, District 3 Okaloosa County Commissioner Nathan Boyles will host a public town hall meeting about the ongoing North Okaloosa Planning Study.
The meeting will be held at Baker School gymnasium, 1369 14th St.
Mar 29, 2024
Packed meeting on north county’s future has a ‘keep it rural’ theme
Baker resident Liz Bears quickly peeled stickers from pages and gave them to scores of north Okaloosa County area residents and other folks who filed past her at the Crestview Community Center on Wednesday evening.
The message on the stickers read, “Stop North Okaloosa Run Away Growth.”
Mar 28, 2024
‘We make history come alive’
The history, heroism, excitement, and drama of World War II’s European Theatre of Operations unfold once again in Spanish Trail Park as the “Race to the Rhein” reenactment returns Friday and Saturday, April 5 and 6.