Scores of onlookers bundled up on this sunny but cold morning to enjoy Crestview’s 35-minute-long Veterans Day Parade on Main Street.

During Monday’s Crestview City Council meeting, City Clerk Maryanne Girard announced she was resigning, effective immediately, following what she said was “a troubling erosion of trust and respect” between her and some council members in recent months.

U.S. Rep. Jimmy Patronis this spring won a special election to replace former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz in a Northwest Florida district. Patronis, a Republican, served nearly eight years as the state’s chief financial officer before his April election to Congressional District 1. Patronis, whose father and uncle started the popular Captain Anderson’s restaurant in Panama City, also served in the state House and as a member of the Florida Public Service Commission. (article written by Dara Kam of News Service of Florida)

Homemade ice cream, food trucks, live music, quilting, spinning, loom weaving and other heritage craft demonstrations, children’s activities, Christmas photo sessions, and arts and crafts vendors will all be part of the 19th Annual Baker Heritage Day Festival.

JetBlue today announced new nonstop service to Florida’s Emerald Coast, with flights to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS) starting March 5.

Signs at the gate of the 7th Special Forces Group compound just south of Crestview contain truths of the Special Operations Forces, retired United States Army Lt. Col. Dan Keener said at this morning’s Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce Military Appreciation Breakfast.

Leading up to Thanksgiving, a total of about 20,000 pounds of free produce and other free food will be distributed to at least 250 families at the Farm-City Week 2025 food distribution event on Friday, Nov. 21 in Crestview.

Amvets Post 35 will once again be offering Thanksgiving Day meals delivered to Crestview residents.

Looking ahead, the Dorcas Fire District is “going to be an exemplary fire service for others to follow,” fire service veteran Charles “Chuck” Cooper told the Okaloosa County Commission this morning.