It’s not every day that we get the opportunity to recognize an outstanding farm family, especially a young farm family.
On Sept. 7, the agricultural community in Okaloosa County celebrated Jacob and Katelyn Nixon, of Baker, as our 2023 Outstanding Farm Family.
Former Baker Fire District Chief Brian Easterling was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday after an Escambia County jury found him guilty of murdering a Pensacola businessman last year, according to news reports.
Fort Walton Beach physician and pilot Reddoch Williams’ home away from home adjoins a 4,800-square-foot hangar that shelters two of the loves of his life.
“This is my little doghouse apartment,” Williams, a retired U.S. Air Force flight surgeon, said on Dec. 8 while showing a visitor his 1,800-square-foot occasional living quarters at the Skypark Estates Owners Association Airport.
Crestview officials plan to negotiate a contract with a contractor from Andalusia, Alabama for the long-awaited Main Street renovation project, which will be done in phases and could be completed by the end of 2024.
The 2023 Baseline School Grades were released by the Florida Department of Education and the results are highly encouraging in the first year of a new statewide assessment, Okaloosa County School District officials said today in a press release.
Once again, the district earned an A rating from the FLDOE.
Crestview resident Johnny Lee Akins Jr., 40, who pleaded no contest to second-degree murder with a firearm on Thursday, faces a sentence of 25 years to life in prison.
The crest of Britton Hill, which overlooks a stretch of green farmland and a little-traveled rural road in north Walton County, is Florida’s highest natural point, at a breathtaking elevation of 345 feet above sea level.
Because of forecasted rain showers, the Crestview Christmas Parade scheduled for Saturday evening has been cancelled, city officials announced this afternoon.
Okaloosa County backs a proposed four-county capital agreement that would allow for the construction of a new District One Medical Examiner’s facility in Santa Rosa County.
Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. – A year after a terrible car accident impacting four Airmen from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, Airman 1st Class Matthew Sharp’s journey of recovery is a story of hope and determination.
