Stories by Tony Judnich
Stories by Tony Judnich
Controlled burn in Garden City
April 16, 2025
A private landowner continues conducting a controlled burn to clear underbrush on a 120-acre property between Garden City Road and Possum Ridge Road in Garden City.
Leavins to serve as interim city manager
April 16, 2025
Jessica Leavins, who in January was promoted from her role as Crestview’s administrative services director to deputy city manager, will begin serving as interim city manager on May 1.
Crestview cracks down on smoking/vaping at city parks
April 15, 2025
In support of protecting children’s health, the Crestview City Council on Monday unanimously adopted an ordinance that for the most part prohibits smoking and vaping at all city owned parks.
Crestview looks to establish a downtown arts and education center
April 15, 2025
City of Crestview officials hope to soon finalize a lease of the former Connect With Flowers store space at 189 N. Main St. and use it for a centralized arts and education center.
The SS United States is going down in Okaloosa County
April 13, 2025
Between its bow and stern, legends such as Duke Ellington played music for passengers like Salvador Dali, Marilyn Monroe, Bob Hope, and four United States’ presidents.
Baker Fire District celebrates its new big rig
April 10, 2025
Between the setting sun and the rising, nearly full moon this evening, about a dozen Baker Fire District members and supporters helped move the district’s brand-new, approximately 30-ton tanker into a bay at Station 20 on 19th Street in Baker.
‘Laughter is the best medicine’ at the Senior Activity Center
April 10, 2025
The Crestview Senior Activity Center “is really a home away from home,” 84-year-old Hub City resident Glenda McMasters said this afternoon after wrapping up a Bunco dice game session with her friends.
Affordable apartments continue taking shape
April 9, 2025
Units at the Vineyard Village apartment complex by downtown Crestview might be ready for occupancy around August or September, the Rev. Cecil Williams from Gregg Chapel A.M.E. Church said today.
Potential Crestview subdivision would bring much more traffic
April 8, 2025
The proposed large Freedom Walk subdivision on Crestview’s north end took another step toward becoming a reality on Monday night.
World War II comes to life at Spanish Trail Park
April 4, 2025
Dressed in a wool uniform, Josh Siren stood near a freshly dug foxhole at Spanish Trail Park this morning while discussing his portrayal of a Russian Liberation Army soldier commanded by German forces in World War II.