Keeping history alive: The largest known collection of turpentine industry artifacts is tucked into the backyard of a Holley home.
March 9, 2022
At the end of a dead-end road in Holley, a small community just north of Navarre, the largest known collection of artifacts from the turpentine industry is kept in a tidy clay-colored building behind Raymond Melvin’s home.
Melvin, whose dad, granddads and great-granddads all trace their roots to the industry, started his collection when he was 22. More than 50 years later, it includes more than 1,000 items ranging from tools and scales to cut trees and cups to hold the sap.
Crestview band drops four new singles
February 18, 2022
Below Alabama was formed by four local men just over a year ago and had gigs for all but a few weekends in 2021. One place they don’t get to play very often? Crestview, where Leonard “Bubba” Ellis, who does vocals and guitar, said there are almost no live music opportunities.
Hoopla Adds BingePass to Crestview Library services
February 17, 2022
The service hosts a vast and diverse collection of digital material including eBooks, films, music, comics and much more. Until now Hoopla had a borrow limit of five items per month per patron, but they have recently launched the BingePass feature.
February gardening do’s and don’ts
February 16, 2022
February is a good time to transplant or move trees and shrubs that are in the wrong place.
Registration open for Hub City football, cheer
February 15, 2022
Online registration is open now for the Hub City Bulldogs 2022 fall football and cheer season.
Crestview firm helps Good Samaritan honor ‘unknown infants’ with headstones
February 14, 2022
The headstones were provided through the City of Milton, with the help of a large donation from Gulf Coast Wilbert, a Crestview company. Private donations also helped.
Photos: Dollar stores doubling in Laurel Hill
February 12, 2022
Construction is underway on a new dollar store along State Road 85 in Laurel Hill. The new store is just down the road from a Dollar General store.
The sound of freedom – Freedom Brass – rings in Crestview
February 10, 2022
The brass ensemble of the U.S. Air Force Band of the West, stationed at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, is comprised of two trumpets, French horn, trombone, tuba and percussion, and played to a full house at Warriors Hall on a cold, rainy Friday evening.
Marriages in Okaloosa Jan. 21 through Jan. 27
February 3, 2022
Marriages in Okaloosa Jan. 21 through Jan. 27
‘Keep working hard!’ Crestview teen will be family’s third generation black belt holder
February 3, 2022
During the academy’s January belt promotion ceremony, black belt recipient and U.S. Army Chief Marty Martinez praised the values the academy instills in its students, especially youngsters. “There’s one thing I really hate in life and that’s quitting,” Martinez said. “It’s OK to fail but you have to at least try first.”













