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San Carlos De Bariloche, Argentina (AFNS) —  Air Force leaders and representatives from across the Western Hemisphere assembled in Argentina June 18-20 for the 64th “Conferencia de los Jefes de las Fuerzas Aéreas Americanas,” Spanish for, Conference of the American Air Chiefs, or CONJEFAMER.

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office and Panhandle Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)rescued dozens of animals after performing a welfare check at a home on Florida Avenuenear Crestview last month. 44-year old Jarah Lee, 46-year old Bonnie Sue Hahn, and 20-year old Eveland Colbert werecharged with 14 counts of aggravated animal cruelty and 14 counts of animal […]

Okaloosa County School District staff will be on-site for the upcoming Stuff the Bus School Supply Drive, which will help local students get the tools they need for the upcoming school year.

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.

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

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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.