Okaloosa County’s new Crestview Welcome + Adventure Center, located in the former Beach Bank building in south Crestview, is scheduled for a soft opening in early April.
By late December, Okaloosa County officials expect to have the results of a North Okaloosa Planning Study that’s expected to help guide growth in the unincorporated area north of the Eglin Air Force Base Reservation.
On March 8, 1857, female textile workers marched the streets of New York City in the first organized strike to protest unfair working conditions and unequal rights for women. 53 years later, in 1910, March 8 became International Women’s Day.
Nathaniel Parker, 43, of 205 Cabana Way, Crestview, was arrested on Saturday on charges of trafficking in fentanyl, possession of cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving with a suspended license, second or subsequent offense, and resisting an officer.
Crestview’s nearly $5.7 million Main Street renovation project is “going to be a great improvement, not just aesthetically, but safety-wise, too,” Mayor J.B. Whitten said at the project’s groundbreaking ceremony.
Politics can be a vicious sport, causing frustration and a desire to give it up. According to State Rep. Dr. Joel Rudman (R-Navarre), this past session has been one frustration after another. Despite this, he said he isn’t ready to step aside.
Rudman first came into the Florida Legislature after winning the Republican primary and general election for former Rep. Jayer Williamson’s seat (District 3) in 2022. The 2023 Legislature began soon after Rudman was sworn in.
A Baker School teacher is under arrest after failing to deliver aid or contact law enforcement in reference to a student who had attempted to kill herself.
On Thursday, March 7, Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office changed Peggy Rambosk, 57, of Pensacola, with child neglect. She was apprehended Thursday and booked at Escambia County Jail.
