City of Crestview officials continue to form a strategy to decrease the high number of problematic ducks, including potentially killing many of the invasive Muscovy ducks, that have long been synonymous with the city’s popular Twin Hills Park, 100 N. Hathaway St.
Newly elected District 3 Okaloosa County Commissioner Sherri Cox and District 5 Commissioner Drew Palmer began serving their first four-year terms on the commission and re-elected District 1 Commissioner Paul Mixon started serving his second term this morning.
Returning Hub City Mayor J.B. Whitten and newly elected City Councilmembers Brandon Frost and Shannon Hayes were each sworn into office on Monday by the Rev. Paul Mixon, who is a pastor at Central Baptist Church in Crestview and the District 1 Okaloosa County commissioner.
In tribute to Crestview and the area’s numerous pine trees, the Okaloosa County School Board on Tuesday agreed to name the new K-8 school that will be built by the southwest Crestview bypass “Pineview School.”
The legacy of former longtime Okaloosa County District 3 Commissioner Nathan Boyles likely will include his “50 in 5” initiative that called for using county half-cent sales tax money to stabilize 50 miles of dirt roads within five years.
The city of Crestview invites the community to Monday’s swearing-in ceremony for returning Mayor J.B. Whitten and newly elected City Councilmembers Brandon Frost and Shannon Hayes.
Crestview officials recently issued a development order for a 5,200-square-foot Circle K convenience store and fueling station on the northwest corner of State Road 85 and P.J. Adams Parkway.
