A Walton High football and weightlifting coach is facing a second-degree felony following an investigation by the Walton County Sheriff’s Office, WCSO officials said Friday in a news release.

Okaloosa County will contribute $10 million in local option half-cent infrastructure sales tax money to help pay for the widening of a segment of State Road 85 by south Crestview.

Temperatures may be sitting in the upper 60s along the Florida Panhandle today (Jan. 23, 2026), but the National Weather Service in Mobile has issued an Extreme Cold Watch for Alabama, Mississippi and Northwest Florida.

When people first seek help at the nonprofit Crestview Area Shelter for the Homeless, they are encouraged by shelter officials to find a local church to attend.

During “Ranch Day” each Friday, students in the K-12 Wagyumama Schoolhouse homeschool instructional program learn, among other skills, how to build a shelter, make a fire with nothing but a flint rock, change a tire, drive a tractor, take care of animals, and be good stewards of the land.

Crestview interim City Clerk Natasha Peacock, who has served a total of 13 years in the clerk’s office, is now the city clerk, the City Council unanimously agreed on Tuesday.

A historic Winn-Dixie grocery store sign is going on display at the Crestview History Museum, 198 S. Wilson St.

At a special meeting on Tuesday, Air Force veteran and Crestview Planning and Development Board member Sylvester Echols was appointed by the Crestview City Council to serve the remainder of the unexpired term of former Precinct 2 Councilor Ryan Bullard.

Winter storm Enzo swept through northwest Florida on Jan. 21, 2025.

Throughout this calendar year, an 18-member “Okaloosa County America 250 Commission” will help the county celebrate the founding of the United States of America in 1776.