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With a mischievous grin, Crestview Mayor J.B. Whitten tapped the shoulder of a lunchtime customer at Hub City Smokehouse on Oct. 20. “Excuse me, sir,” Whitten said. “We don’t allow customers to fraternize with our staff.”

Eglin Air Force Base – The base hosted two resiliency training sessions here Oct. 2.

Kristen Christy, a national resilience trainer, shared her message with base personnel, including her own heartbreaking story of tragic losses.

Eglin Air Force Base – The Marine Corps XQ-58A Valkyrie, a highly autonomous, low-cost tactical unmanned air vehicle successfully completed its first test flight here Oct 3.

The Marine Corps partnered with the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, the Naval Air Systems Command and Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division to facilitate the ongoing research, development, test and evaluation of the aircraft.

The home of “the world’s most famous courtroom” stands about 90 miles northwest of Crestview in Monroeville, Alabama.

Crestview officials soon hope to finally receive bids from contractors interested in performing the city’s long-planned downtown streetscape renovation.

During a public hearing at its Nov. 7 meeting, the Okaloosa County Commission plans to consider whether to approve $33,227 worth of economic development property tax exemptions to help a New York-based U.S. Navy contractor expand into Florida. With the pending assistance, the business would lease a facility at the county-owned Bob Sikes Airport near Crestview.

Swings, as well as two new and shaded play structures, are in the works for Garden City Park.

The Bible-based, intensive and yearlong Prison Fellowship Academy program at the Okaloosa Correctional Institution “taught me to open up about a lot of things buried deep in my soul,” Richmond Fishburn III told his 13 fellow inmate graduates at the Oct. 16 academy graduation ceremony.

Cesiano’s Italian Restaurant might begin serving as Laurel Hill’s second restaurant within the next couple of months or so, according to businessman Shane Cannon.

At the new gastro pub called Eagle’s Nest at Blackwater, customers will find a family-friendly atmosphere, fun activities, dozens of TVs to get their fill of college and pro football games, and quality meals at affordable prices, said the restaurant’s executive chef, Justin Robinson.