On Sept. 9, six members of the Crestview Fire Department participated in this year’s Tunnel to Towers Foundation 9/11 Stair Climb at Margaritaville Resort in Biloxi, Mississippi.
During its first of two budget hearings, the Crestview City Council on Sept. 12 unanimously agreed to adopt a tentative millage rate of 6.85 mills and a tentative budget of almost $74.4 million for fiscal year 2024.
After conducting its final public hearing on Sept. 11, the Okaloosa County School Board adopted a total millage rate of 5.48 mills and an overall budget of more than $747 million for fiscal year 2024.
The Crestview City Council on Sept. 11 unanimously approved the first reading of an ordinance that calls for more-stringent residency restrictions on sexual offenders and predators.
A public hearing for the second and final reading will be held at the council’s 6 p.m. Sept. 25 meeting. Upon final adoption, the ordinance would take effect immediately.
The developer that recently had Eighth Street in Laurel Hill paved is seeking to have the city maintain the future roads in the developer’s planned White Oak Estates subdivision.
The developer, Cannon/Sullivan Properties LLC of Destin, plans to have 108 single-family homes built in the subdivision, the property for which stands just west of Eighth Street.
Crestview Fire Department firefighters include one who specializes in cooking Cajun food, another who has special dietary needs and cannot eat pork, and some who like to steal coffee creamer, according to CFD engineer Kevin Walters.
At the first of two public budget hearings, the Okaloosa County Commission on Sept. 5 unanimously agreed to give initial approval to the county’s proposed fiscal year 2024 countywide millage rate and budget.
C.W. Roberts Contracting Inc., the Freeport-based construction firm leading the PJ Adams Parkway expansion project in Crestview, has been awarded a $4.1 million contract to improve the southernmost portion of Live Oak Church Road by the Hub City’s south end.
A 54-year-old Crestview man was arrested on Sept. 2 after he allegedly shot and killed his wife at their home.
Corey Ray Vallie, of 820 Moorhen Way, faces charges of first-degree capital murder and tampering with or destroying evidence in a life felony case.
