Over the summer, schools across Okaloosa County opened their doors to serve breakfast and lunch to children who were eligible for free or reduced-price meals.


During that time, over 71,000 free meals were served.

An agreement between the city of Crestview and the Okaloosa County Commission moved forward on Aug. 18 that will split animal control and sheltering costs evenly between the two parties, expanding a county program that officials have described for months as the lower-cost option.

About 30 people were standing at the Defiance County line on July 18, waiting on a man from Crestview to drive past a sign.

John Vaughn had told them to be there. Or rather, the president of a travel club had, and the club president had gotten carried away with it.

“He said, ‘everybody wants to go out there and see John Vaughn cross the county line and finish his final county,’” Vaughn recalled. “3,143 counties.”

Construction had finished, the doors had been opened, and students were already in class before the ribbon was cut at Pineview School.


However, that didn’t stop the momentous occasion of celebrating the K-8 school this past Friday.

U.S. Rep. Jimmy Patronis has asked the Department of Veterans Affairs to study establishing a national veterans cemetery in Okaloosa County and announced a steering committee to build a case for a roughly 200-acre site in Northwest Florida.

Antonio Austin Haner, 29, died Saturday morning after authorities say he opened fire on Okaloosa County sheriff’s deputies who were attempting to serve multiple warrants at his Crestview home at 607 Alabama St.

Okaloosa County commissioners voted unanimously on Aug. 4 to spend $600,000 in infrastructure surtax funds on startup costs for a county-run animal control operation after a private shelter that has done the work for more than 20 years rejected the county’s final offer.

This past weekend, the Davidson football team hosted its first-ever car show fundraiser.


With 19 cars parked in the middle school’s lot, the Panthers were able to raise roughly $2,500 toward new equipment.

The Okaloosa County School District will officially celebrate the opening of Pineview School with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 14.

On July 7, a total of 16 Crestview citizens graduated from the City of Crestview’s Citizen Academy.


This was the first time that the academy had been held and has plans to become an annual event.