Set aside about an hour to fully enjoy the sensational SeaLight Festival, which runs from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. daily through April 6 at Seascape Resort, 100 Seascape Drive, Miramar Beach.

Okaloosa County officials on Tuesday issued a stop-work order for Florida Power & Light’s planned Kayak Solar Energy Center project after discovering recent heavy rains had washed large amounts of sediment from the project site into adjacent waterways.

Thousands of fans of blues, brews, and barbecue are about to take over downtown Crestview.
The 20th Annual Triple B festival is set for 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 23.

A 41-year-old man from Crestview died Wednesday morning after crashing his pickup truck near the merge point of state roads 123 and 85.

United States Attorney Roger Handberg on Tuesday announced a grand jury indictment charging Marcus Pratt, a 38-year-old prisoner at the Okaloosa Correctional Institution near Crestview, with three counts of mailing threatening communications and three counts of influencing, impeding, or retaliating against a federal judge.

Lifetime Crestview resident J.T. Garrett, who enjoyed impersonating “Barney Fife” from “The Andy Griffith Show” and once had a real brush with Hollywood fame, died on March 3 at age 96.

Okaloosa County’s new Crestview Welcome + Adventure Center, located in the former Beach Bank building in south Crestview, is scheduled for a soft opening in early April.

By late December, Okaloosa County officials expect to have the results of a North Okaloosa Planning Study that’s expected to help guide growth in the unincorporated area north of the Eglin Air Force Base Reservation.

On March 8, 1857, female textile workers marched the streets of New York City in the first organized strike to protest unfair working conditions and unequal rights for women. 53 years later, in 1910, March 8 became International Women’s Day.

Nathaniel Parker, 43, of 205 Cabana Way, Crestview, was arrested on Saturday on charges of trafficking in fentanyl, possession of cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving with a suspended license, second or subsequent offense, and resisting an officer.