The second annual “Touch-A-Truck” event hosted by the Crestview Public Library was a success this past Saturday.
Children from the area showed up to experience the ins-and-outs of community vehicles and showed off their speed in the Power Wheels races hosted by the Crestview Police Department.
State Rep. Nathan Boyles, R-Baker, is wrapping up what he calls his first full legislative session in Tallahassee, and the freshman Republican said the biggest adjustment has been learning how to move policy in a chamber with far more colleagues — and competing interests — than the Okaloosa County Commission he came from.
Ryan Gore, program director of transportation for the Okaloosa County School District, told the school board last Monday during a workshop meeting about a new technology system being introduced on Okaloosa County school buses to make travel safer for drivers and students.
A masked student armed with a sharp weapon attacked two classmates and a paraprofessional at Walton Middle School early Tuesday morning before being taken into custody within minutes, authorities said at a press conference in DeFuniak Springs on March 24.
Doug Chico didn’t plan to run for Congress. The 35-year-old Navy veteran and sixth-generation Northwest Florida native said he’d rather spend more time with his family. But a local surveillance camera rollout last fall set him on a path to challenge incumbent Rep. Jimmy Patronis in the August Republican primary for Florida’s 1st Congressional District.
The City of Crestview is taking over Pensacola for their second annual “Crestview Night” at Blue Wahoos Stadium on Thursday, April 30.
“Crestview Night” will feature local community members for the singing of the National Anthem and honorary first pitch, while placing the community of Crestview in their own section where they can come together and enjoy a night of Blue Wahoos baseball.
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.
