Mar 28, 2013
Area schools may qualify for sidewalk funding after initiative
CRESTVIEW — If the Okaloosa School District applies for funding for a recently announced transportation initiative, Antioch Elementary School students won't scramble through scrub, weeds and roadside…
Mar 28, 2013
Iraq War veteran to command Military Order of the Purple Heart
CRESTVIEW — The Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 811, Niceville, has elected Meredith M. McQuagge, a combat-wounded Iraq War veteran, as Florida’s first female chapter commander.
Mar 28, 2013
Riverside students explore history with art project
CRESTVIEW — Riverside Elementary School fifth-graders are exploring the Revolutionary War with an art project filling one of the school's hallways with depictions of figures involved with shaping our…
Mar 28, 2013
Woman's Club of Crestview plans bake sale benefit
From 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. March 29 at Walmart Supercenter, the Woman's Club of Crestview Inc. will have a bake sale. All proceeds will go to the Wounded Warrior Foundation.
Mar 28, 2013
Mensa membership test is March 30
VALPARAISO — Northwest Florida Mensa, a chapter of American Mensa, the high IQ society, plans membership testing at 10 a.m. March 30 at Heritage Museum’s Blue Room, 115 Westview Ave. The testing fee …
Mar 27, 2013
New Crestview city council to be sworn in and seated April 1
CRESTVIEW — On April 1, three new city council members — Joe Blocker, Shannon Hayes and Mickey Rytman — will be sworn in and the city's new council will be seated. The three join Tom Gordon and Robyn…
Mar 27, 2013
April 13 cablethon planned to benefit Covenant Hospice
FORT WALTON BEACH — The 41st Annual Cox Cablethon, beginning 6 p.m. April 13 on Cox channel 6, benefits Covenant Hospice.
Mar 27, 2013
Okaloosa Democrats eye Crestview base
CRESTVIEW — The Okaloosa County Democratic Executive Committee is reaching out to Crestview residents with a March 28 meeting featuring guest speaker, Okaloosa County Commissioner Nathan Boyles.
Mar 27, 2013
CHECK IT OUT: Poll indicates little knowledge of library resources
Last month, the Pew Research Center completed a survey that suggests, “Library users don’t know, and they know they don’t know what libraries have to offer.”
Mar 26, 2013
Jail date set for former Okaloosa sheriff's office employees
Mike Coup, the former chief deputy of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, has been ordered to report to the county jail on April 9 to begin serving a four-year prison term.