Local government officials cannot stop the production of fentanyl in China or prevent opioids from flowing into the United States, Crestview Mayor J.B. Whitten said at the mayor-hosted overdose awareness meeting on Aug. 31.
“But what we can do is educate people,” Whitten told about 75 attendees of the meeting, which was held on International Overdose Awareness Day and took place at the Crestview Community Center. “We can tell our people what’s available in terms of outreach, prevention, rehabilitation and follow-up programs.”
The top reason why local youths miss school is they are embarrassed about their personal appearance, Kiwanis Club of Crestview member Roy Estes said.
“If we can help them with this, they might stay in class,” Estes said on Aug. 31 at Warriors Hall on Stillwell Boulevard, where he and other club members sorted and packed assorted hygiene products to benefit local students.
Three floors, as well as an original post office sales counter, were among the interesting finds made during the renovation of the historic building that began housing the Crestview Community Redevelopment Agency and Main Street Crestview Association offices this past June.
Crestview Police detectives believe the recent apparent double murder-suicide involving three senior citizens occurred on Aug. 15, Police Chief Stephen McCosker said on Aug. 30.
The tragedy occurred at a home at 692 Brock Avenue, just south of downtown Crestview.
After conducting a public hearing on Aug. 28, the Okaloosa County School Board unanimously adopted a revised policy on the handling of criticism of library books or educational material.
The Crestview Community Redevelopment Agency has agreed to make CRA grant policy exceptions that will hasten the process of redeveloping the Crestview Plumbing and Hardware store space into a new 3rd Planet Brewing Co. craft brewery.
One teen is in custody and warrants are pending against another following a pursuit of a stolen car that crashed into a Crestview business during the early morning of Aug. 26.
The Pensacola law firm of Litvak, Beasley, Wilson and Ball LLP will serve as specialty counsel and handle all of the Hub City’s code-enforcement lien foreclosures authorized by the Crestview City Council.
On Thursday, Aug. 24, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the Brooks Bridge replacement project in Okaloosa County. The $171 million project includes constructing two new parallel bridges over the Santa Rosa Sound to increase bridge capacity and improve traffic flow.
Construction of Crestview’s planned roundabout on busy Mirage Avenue just west of Chick-fil-A and State Road 85 might start around the fall of next year.
