Crestview’s nearly $5.7 million Main Street renovation project is “going to be a great improvement, not just aesthetically, but safety-wise, too,” Mayor J.B. Whitten said at the project’s groundbreaking ceremony.

To help protect children’s health, Crestview officials are considering a ban on smoking and vaping at Twin Hills Park.

Politics can be a vicious sport, causing frustration and a desire to give it up. According to State Rep. Dr. Joel Rudman (R-Navarre), this past session has been one frustration after another. Despite this, he said he isn’t ready to step aside.

Rudman first came into the Florida Legislature after winning the Republican primary and general election for former Rep. Jayer Williamson’s seat (District 3) in 2022. The 2023 Legislature began soon after Rudman was sworn in.

It has been a whirlwind for Victoria Hayden since being named principal of Crestview High School last spring.

A Baker School teacher is under arrest after failing to deliver aid or contact law enforcement in reference to a student who had attempted to kill herself.

On Thursday, March 7, Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office changed Peggy Rambosk, 57, of Pensacola, with child neglect. She was apprehended Thursday and booked at Escambia County Jail.

The nearly $5.7 million Main Street renovation project that begins on Monday is anticipated to be completed in late May of 2025, Crestview City Manager Tim Bolduc told more than two dozen downtown business owners on Thursday evening.

Construction of a multi-million expansion of the North Okaloosa Medical Center’s emergency room is expected to get underway soon.

The rows of big, luscious strawberries at Sweet Southern Farms in Baker opened for the U-pick season at the end of February, while those at the nearby Brooks Farm Strawberry Patch are set to officially open next Monday.

A significant milestone was achieved within the walls of the Okaloosa County Jail on Tuesday as 34 men completed Phase I of the transformative “Anchored” program, administered by the Emerald Coast Life Center.

The uncompleted commercial development at 2106 Third Ave. will be known as “Avalon Plaza.”