Dec 5, 2024
Crestview boy last seen in late ’23 remains missing
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children is asking for the public’s help to find a 14-year-old boy who has been missing for over a year.
Dec 5, 2024
Holt woman arrested after striking trooper on I-10
Thirty-five-year-old Holt resident Leah Feeback was arrested on Monday after she struck a state trooper with her vehicle on Interstate 10 and fled the scene.
Dec 4, 2024
Proposed sidewalk project would serve many residents
Next year, Okaloosa County officials hope they’ll receive federal money to cover most of the cost of a proposed sidewalk project on Valley Road within and next to Crestview’s city limits.
Dec 4, 2024
Gov. DeSantis awards additional $2.1 million to Florida’s military-supporting infrastructure
Governor Ron DeSantis announced more than $2.1 million in additional funding for military-supporting infrastructure through the Defense Reinvestment Grant Program. This program provides grants to support infrastructure projects and economic growth in Florida’s military communities.
Dec 3, 2024
County rejects requested land use change for nearly 500-acre site
In a unanimous vote, the Okaloosa County Commission agreed today to deny a request to change the future land use map designation of 498 acres north of Possum Ridge Road, in the Garden City area, from Rural Residential and Agricultural to Low Density Residential.
Dec 3, 2024
S.O.: 13-year-old girl threatened to conduct mass shooting at CHS
Vaida Jasmine McDougald, a 13-year-old Okaloosa Online Student who lives in the Deerland area east of Crestview, was arrested at her home on Monday on a second-degree felony charge of making an electronic threat of a mass shooting/terrorist act.
Dec 3, 2024
A new place for fun
Like the decades-old one it replaced, the new playground at Twin Hills Children’s Park likely will serve as the city’s most popular play space.
Dec 3, 2024
Bivouac exercise tests missions support group’s rapid deployment capabilities
Approximately 160 mission support group Airmen completed a field training exercise practicing rapid deployment capabilities at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Nov. 3-7, 2024.
Dec 2, 2024
Police: Crestview man arrested after trying to kill a woman
Julius Tawun Sledge, 42, of Crestview, was arrested Sunday on a charge of attempted premeditated murder after he shot a woman several times, city police said.
Nov 27, 2024
City of Crestview employee embraces life as a U.S. citizen
Unlike in her homeland of the Philippines, the United States has diverse cultures and offers many career opportunities, says city of Crestview Digital Media Specialist and new U.S. citizen Shae Bonifacio.