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Jul 15, 2024
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Hope abounds for men with addictions

Project Hope, an addiction recovery ministry, has been in Okaloosa County since 2016 and in the Crestview community for about three years.

Project Hope was founded in Houston in 2012. The location now in Crestview was the second. A third location is in Arkansas with plans underway to open a location in the Birmingham, Alabama, area.

Jul 15, 2024

Sheriff’s Office fires deputy after arrest

Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Dylan Gentry was fired on Friday following his traffic-related arrest.
Jul 12, 2024

Historic house of prayer makes its mark

Linda Brown remembers when she and other members of Mt. Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church used wooden sticks to prop open the windows of the church she attended as a youngster.
Jul 12, 2024

Motorcyclist dies after striking First Presbyterian Church

The Crestview Police Department is investigating a single motorcycle traffic fatality that occurred at the intersection of US Highway 90 (James Lee Blvd) and State Road 85 (Ferdon Blvd) at approximately 2 a.m. on July 12. A motorcycle driving southbound on SR 85 left the roadway and struck the First Presbyterian Church, resulting in the […]
Jul 12, 2024

Dump truck causes significant damage to Wilkerson Bluff overpass

A dump truck with its bed raised hit the Wilkerson Bluff overpass of Interstate 10 on Friday morning resulting in serious injuries for the driver. Closures in the area of the accident. Below is what Florida Highway Patrol reported in its incident report: Driver 1 appeared to have suffered a medical event while operating a […]
Jul 11, 2024

A ‘baby box’ for unwanted newborn infants is coming to Crestview

City of Crestview officials recently took a major step toward the implementation of a “Safe Haven Baby Box,” which will allow for the anonymous deposit of an unwanted newborn infant.
Jul 11, 2024

Public meeting will address future flood mitigation

Okaloosa County, in partnership with Jacobs Engineering, invites residents to the first public meeting for the Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Planning Project on Tuesday, July 30.
Jul 11, 2024

Baker man charged with trafficking in fentanyl, other drug charges

Kevin Lee McKinney, 45, of Baker, was arrested on numerous drug charges on Monday after law enforcement officials executed a narcotics search warrant at his residence.
Jul 10, 2024

Food giveaway benefits hundreds of families

A total of 25,900 pounds, or nearly 13 tons, of food were distributed to more than 400 families on Saturday morning at Crestview’s Old Spanish Trail Amphitheater on Stillwell Boulevard.
Jul 10, 2024

Group takes aim at alleviating opioid abuse

The battle against widespread opioid abuse needs to focus on youth, Pensacola State College Charter Academy student Riley Perantoni said during a roundtable discussion on Tuesday at Crestview City Hall.
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