Sep 13, 2013
Council OKs $29M budget, millage increase; final vote in 2 weeks
CRESTVIEW — On two 3-2 votes, the City Council has approved a .25 percent property tax increase and the same $29,110,313.35 city budget originally presented during a Sept. 5 budget workshop.
Sep 13, 2013
Laurel Hill City Council plans to keep current tax rate
LAUREL HILL — City Council members said during a Tuesday workshop that the 3.5 millage rate would extend to the 2013-14 fiscal year.
Sep 13, 2013
Crestview Council split on rate increase for city water service
CRESTVIEW — Because of Councilman Mickey Rytman’s absence due to illness, city leaders couldn’t make changes to water and sewer rates.
Sep 13, 2013
Family Day encourages families to eat dinner together Sept. 23
Informed Families, Florida’s national Red Ribbon Campaign sponsor since 1982, has a new public service campaign for this year’s “Family Day: A Day to Eat Dinner With Your Children,” celebrated on Sep…
Sep 13, 2013
Laurel Hill council OKs public comment at meetings (DOCUMENT)
LAUREL HILL — The City Council has unanimously approved a resolution that will allow limited public comments during the first 30 minutes of each meeting.
Sep 13, 2013
Children's coat drive begins in Crestview
CRESTVIEW — Mount Zion AME Church has kicked off a winter coat drive for Crestview children.
Sep 13, 2013
Harris: Unfunded state mandates led to county tax increase
CRESTVIEW — Financial pressure from the state forced the Okaloosa County Board of Commissioners to raise ad valorem taxes, Commissioner Wayne Harris says.
Sep 12, 2013
Two Crestview police officers fired in Floyd trial aftermath
Two Crestview police officers have been fired following Police Chief Tony Taylor’s review of sworn testimony in former Maj. Joseph Floyd’s trial and subsequent investigations, Taylor said.
Sep 12, 2013
OCSO: Lake Silver Road canvassing seems legitimate after all
CRESTVIEW — Despite earlier reports that a man driving a white truck was canvassing the Crestview area for a non-existent “Tax Appraiser’s Office,” it seems that the visits were legitimate, the Okalo…
Sep 11, 2013
Community leaders pause for 9/11 Patriot Day observance
CRESTVIEW — Community leaders took time before Wednesday morning's Government Issues Committee meeting for a moment of silence in remembrance of victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.