Brittany Young, who has served as the assistant principal of Walker Elementary School in Crestview for the past several years, is now the school’s principal.

The Walmart Neighborhood Market being built at 1150 Industrial Drive in north Crestview could be ready to open in September or October, Kevin Rogers, principal at WRS Inc. Real Estate Investments, said after this morning’s groundbreaking ceremony for the new store.

Former Precinct 1 Crestview City Councilor Joe Blocker, who served on the council from 2013 until he resigned in November 2024 because of health issues, died at a Crestview nursing home Thursday night.

The nonprofit Main Street Crestview Association has been designated the January 2026 Florida Main Street Program of the Month, Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd announced today.

Florida Department of Transportation officials recently agreed to partner with Okaloosa County on a project to widen the four-lane State Road 85 segment between P.J. Adams Parkway and Live Oak Church Road to six lanes, District 1 County Commissioner Paul Mixon said at today’s Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce networking breakfast.

Members of churches such as CrossWay Community Church in Crestview and First Baptist Church of Milligan played big roles in this year’s Operation Christmas Child campaign.

Signs at the gate of the 7th Special Forces Group compound just south of Crestview contain truths of the Special Operations Forces, retired United States Army Lt. Col. Dan Keener said at this morning’s Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce Military Appreciation Breakfast.

Beef, chicken, oysters, greens, blueberries, sweet potatoes, and muscadines from area farms are some of the foods that will be featured at the upcoming inaugural event called “A Taste of the Panhandle: A Farm-to-Table Dinner Experience.”

A 48-year-old Laurel Hill woman died in a two-vehicle accident in Washington County early Friday morning.

Hub City resident Charles Etheridge held a clear plastic bag of golf balls in his left hand and the handle of a cane in his right hand while telling the City Council on Monday about his trials living next to the city owned Blackwater Golf Club.