The nonprofit Hope Starts Here Thrift Store’s new location at 1116 N. Ferdon Blvd. in Crestview has several advantages over its former downtown spot at 192 Main St., says store owner and manager Angela Jones.
Veterans Day is held annually each Nov. 11 in honor of all of those who have served in the U.S. military.
In addition to remembering the sacrifices of those who served, the day is also filled with a variety of discounts from various businesses and restaurants for veterans.
The United Way Emerald Coast’s support of Meals on Wheels of Okaloosa County is even more important this year because of the county’s decision to not provide financial help to nonprofits.
Crestview History Museum volunteers are getting out their lederhosen and dirndls to celebrate Oktoberfest, which will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the museum.
Although there were freed blacks living in the northern states before the outbreak of the American Civil War, their freedom was not always guaranteed, Karen Brown said today during a “Walk Through History” presentation at Crestview’s Fourth Annual Juneteenth celebration.
It was festival time in Laurel Hill. As Mildred Campbell laid out multiple pots of various native plants she’d raised, Tracy Curenton, with the assistance of her brother, Mark, and cousin, Janet Twitty, was setting up a books-and-DVDs sale.
A recently published archaeological study is shedding new light on the role of domesticated cats in the early days of Colonial America. The remains of the cats at the heart of the article were found on a 1559 shipwreck in Pensacola Bay, dubbed Emmanuel Point II.
An anonymous donor has offered to pay the estimated $5,000 cost of establishing a memorial for the late Kadance Fredericksen at Twin Hills Park, Crestview officials said at Monday’s City Council meeting.
