Florida Attorney General, Sheriffs Association launch ‘playing card’ strategy to solve cold cases
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, and the Florida Association of Crime Stoppers, Florida Sheriffs Association and Florida Department of Corrections, is launching a program to put information on cold cases into the palms of Floridians’ hands.
Latest IHMC facility brings new research opportunities to life
As the Blue Angels roared through the sky off in the distance, the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition introduced its Healthspan Resilience & Performance Complex in downtown Pensacola last Tuesday.
New bill to improve Florida’s mental health system
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed into law CS/CS/HB 7021 – Mental Health and Substance Abuse, a bill championed by District 4 state Rep. Patt Maney to modernize Florida’s Baker and Marchman Acts for the first time since their original passage 53 and 31 years ago, respectively.
State Rep. Maney goes to the border
Much of the scene involving immigrants trying to enter America at the U.S.-Mexico border is both “fascinating and heartbreaking,” says District 4 Florida state Rep. Patt Maney.
Candidates for Crestview mayoral and Group 2 City Council seats run unopposed
The candidate field for this year’s local elections is set and includes contenders seeking four-year terms on the Crestview City Council, Okaloosa County Commission and county School Board, as well as a four-year term as the county sheriff.
Splish splash!
The city of Crestview’s ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new splash pad at Twin Hills Children’s Park, 100 N. Hathaway St., is set for 4 p.m. Wednesday, June 26.
New commissioners will have their say on final planning study report
On Dec. 17, at least two, and possibly a total of three, new members of the five-member Okaloosa County Commission will cast votes on whether to adopt the final version of the North Okaloosa Planning Study report.
‘Turn, turn, turn’…still not yet
The Florida Department of Transportation does not have an estimated timeline on when the final layer of asphalt will be added to the left-hand turn lane for northbound State Road 85 motorists going to the Crestview Commons, FDOT District 3 spokesman Ian Satter said today.
Coming to Main Street
The revised design of a mural for the back side of Crestview’s archway sign on North Main Street received the city Community Redevelopment Agency Board’s approval on Monday.
City to sell land that will be used for affordable housing
A decision by the Crestview City Council on Monday will lead to more affordable housing in the Hub City and more money in the city’s coffers.












