Adams Sanitation, which will officially replace Waste Pro USA as Crestview’s solid waste collector on Oct. 1, plans to start delivering its trash and recycling roll carts and commercial dumpsters during the first week of September.
Waste Pro customers should continue placing items in the Waste Pro containers until Adams Sanitation’s white-colored garbage trucks start their pickups in the city.

In an Okaloosa County-led project set to begin soon, about 60 miles worth of “middle mile fiber” optic cables will be installed in the north part of the county.

From the start of the new school year on Aug. 10 through the end of the day on Aug. 16, 11 students in the Okaloosa County School District were caught vaping by recently installed vape sensors, District Public Information Officer Catherine Card said.

At its Sept. 19 meeting, the Okaloosa County Commission plans to consider whether to adopt an updated water and sewer ordinance with a new and higher five-year rate plan.
With final approval, county water and sewer customers will see increases in their monthly water and sewer bills that are larger than the ones in the county’s current five-year rate plan.

In scenes reminiscent of battles fought in the Netherlands and Low Countries almost 80 years ago, German and Allied troops will invade Crestview over Labor Day weekend and fight periodic skirmishes at Spanish Trail Park.
But there’s no need to dash for the nearest air raid shelter: The Sept. 1-3 event is an educational World War II reenactment program sponsored by the city’s Cultural Services Division, its Living History Corps, and the Historic Preservation Board.

More than 200 people attended the inaugural BCMG Gospel Fest and Back 2 School Drive on Aug. 12 at the Crestview Community Center.

Three teenage suspects in the armed robbery of a Mary Esther business are in custody, Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office officials said in an Aug. 15 news release.
Watercloud Vapes, at 300 Mary Esther Boulevard in the Santa Rosa Mall, was robbed at gunpoint around 4:20 p.m. on Aug. 14, S.O. officials said.

The Naval Aviation Museum Foundation (NAMF) is delighted to announce a recent contribution of $20,000 from Florida Power and Light Company (FPL) towards the museum’s new Homeschool Academy. The check presentation ceremony took place on the base Friday morning, Aug.11.

Homeschool Academy: The Museum Classroom was initiated by NAMF in January 2023, with a focus on families homeschooling children aged 5 to 18. FPL’s generous grant will enable NAMF to extend the program’s reach throughout the entire school year, benefiting the homeschooling community.