At the Okaloosa County School Board’s annual organizational meeting on Nov. 13, the board unanimously agreed to have District 1 Board Member Lamar White serve as the board’s new chairman. District 5 Board Member Diane Kelly had served as chairman for the past year.

Hurlburt Field – U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Travis J. Hackett, a member of the 1st Special Operations Security Forces Squadron, has an inspiring story that intertwines his love for baseball and his dedication to serving his country.

In an abundance of caution, Crestview officials on Nov. 21 ordered the east and west ponds at Twin Hills Park to remain closed to the public for at least 60 days upon confirmation of avian flu among the park’s duck population.

Tony Vance is bringing the Mardi Gras experience to the Hub City on Dec. 2.
That’s when his fun-loving, big-hearted and Pensacola-based Krewe of Cheers social club will participate in the Crestview Christmas Parade.

The Okaloosa County Commission voted 4-0 today in favor of a plan to buy the former Beach Bank property in south Crestview and convert the site’s vacant, one-story building into a “north tourism adventure center.”

The Texas Roadhouse restaurant that’s being built just northwest of the Interstate 10 interchange in Crestview is expected to open in the late spring or early summer of 2024, a Texas Roadhouse spokesperson said today.

Just in time for one-of-a-kind Christmas gift shopping, the next Bush House Market is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, to coincide with the Crestview History Museum’s monthly Second Saturday Series opening.

Crestview resident Harold Lavern Benedict, 73, recently was sentenced to 19 1/2 years in federal prison for receipt and attempted receipt of child pornography.