News Archive

On Sept. 11, 2001, former U.S. Marshal Dominic Guadagnoli was in a morning briefing a few blocks from the World Trade Center when the first plane hit.

At that moment, an ordinary September day would be etched forever into Guadagnoli’s memory — and America’s.

When it comes to high school football, most people go to watch the team play, the cheerleaders cheer or maybe even the dance team.

However, that’s not the case for Crestview High School’s “Big Red Machine,” which is the newest recipient of the Phi Beta Mu Earl D. Irons Program of Distinction Award.

During a routine cleaning at First Baptist Church, some ladies were cleaning out a closet and found a strange plywood box with a carrying handle.

After some further investigation, the box transformed into a portable pump organ crafted in 1948.

The man who first found Danika Troy’s body in the woods off Kimberly Road in Floridatown has been sentenced to prison.

Mitchell Eddins, 46, was sentenced to four years in state prison and 364 days in county jail after pleading guilty to felony petit theft and failing to report a death to the Medical Examiner’s Office or law enforcement.

State Sen. Don Gaetz said he will file legislation overhauling the Florida Department of Children and Families in the next legislative session, outlining 10 provisions at a news conference at the Santa Rosa County Courthouse on Sept. 4.

In a recording made sometime before his death, Antonio Austin Haner described what he believed was a campaign against him that went all the way to the federal level.

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office will remove automated license plate readers (ALPRs) and suspend the program following a decision by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) that revoked permits allowing their use on state roads.

A 13-year-old Crestview boy has been arrested on felony charges accusing him of posting TikTok messages that threatened three Okaloosa County schools, according to a news release by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.

A Crestview woman being held without bond in Oklahoma on explosives and firearms charges is the widow of a 29-year-old who died in a standoff with the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office last month.

After 38 years of serving the Okaloosa County School District, Sheila Lightbourne is retiring from her position as assistant superintendent.