When Okaloosa County’s Patriot Park opens next to south Crestview, county Facilities and Parks Director Jeff Peters envisions walkers and runners making their way along the park’s 1.6 miles of trails, people enjoying views of the Shoal River and picking out the best spot for a picnic, and kids playing on an obstacle course.
Highlights of Crestview’s upcoming Fall Festival will include pet costume and human costume contests, a pumpkin patch, a magician, and hayrides, as well as music from a DJ and the North Okaloosa Community Band, a KidZone, a petting zoo, more than 100 vendors, and over 35 food trucks and food tents.
When Jodee Sellers moved out of Crestview after graduating from Crestview High School in 1973, the Hub City’s population totaled about 6,000 residents.
Crestview resident Jacob W. Brown, 19, of the 100 block of Pandora Drive, was arrested Oct. 5 by city police for allegedly committing lewd or lascivious battery on a victim age 12 to 16, possessing child pornography and using a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony.
Because of her many loved ones who battled cancer, Crestview resident Glenda Gordon says she has always been acutely aware of the need to get an annual mammogram.
Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigators responding to a series of complaints and Emerald Coast Crime Stoppers tips arrested a woman on a charge of prostitution Thursday at a business near Fort Walton Beach.
The medical program of the nonprofit Crestview Area Shelter for the Homeless will last a little longer thanks to a $5,000 donation from Emerald Coast Hospice.
An approved background check is now required for Eglin Recreation Permitholders who hike on any of the more than 60 miles of the Florida Trail that cross the Eglin Air Force Base reservation, as well as for permitholders who explore other parts of the nearly 255,000 acres of the reservation that are open to conditional public access.
Forty-year-old Andrew J. Foster, who is homeless and whose last known address is in the 300 block of Woodrow Street in Ocean City, was arrested Tuesday on a charge of sexual assault after being served with a warrant from the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.
