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With the option of finding Okaloosa County Jail inmate booking data by date or a range of dates unavailable, visitors to the county’s new “Department of Corrections Inmate Search” website that debuted earlier this week must click on each inmate’s name to learn when and why he or she was jailed.

At 2 p.m. every Sunday, anyone who is hungry in Crestview is welcome to enjoy a free, hot, homecooked meal from the nonprofit Dinner At Dad’s food distribution ministry.

A 34-year-old woman who allegedly robbed a bank in Louisiana was arrested by authorities in Walton County on Wednesday.

You know your dogger is just aching to visit a museum. Luckily, the Crestview History Museum will welcome families and individuals and their pooches to “Puppy Love on the Porch” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14.

The Walmart Neighborhood Market being built at 1150 Industrial Drive in north Crestview could be ready to open in September or October, Kevin Rogers, principal at WRS Inc. Real Estate Investments, said after this morning’s groundbreaking ceremony for the new store.

In 2025, Crestview Animal Services recorded 193 more cat and dog adoptions than it did during the prior year, which “made a significant difference in putting animals into their forever homes,” Animal Services Supervisor Katie Healey said today.

Holt native Max Cooper reflected on his great uncle during Tuesday’s public meeting about a proposed shared-use trail that might eventually be built in the small, unincorporated community.

In celebration of February being Black History Month, copies of vivid prints created by legendary black folk artist Clementine Hunter are on display in a front window of the Baker Block Museum.

Members of Scouting USA’s Scout Troop No. 532, which is chartered by First Baptist Church of Holt, led the pledge of allegiance at the start of today’s Okaloosa County Commission meeting at the County Courthouse in Crestview.

Students who are members of two Crestview Robotics and STEM Hub teams recently took home top honors at a regional contest and are now gearing up to compete in the Florida Championship.