Two historic street lighting fixtures, as well as some early 20th-century beauty shop equipment, are among the recently added exhibit items at the nonprofit Crestview History Museum.

Okaloosa County is taking another big step toward completing upgrades to county-maintained dirt roads.

Tim Bolduc, who began serving as Crestview’s first-ever city manager in February 2019, plans to work his last day in this leadership role on April 30.

The Okaloosa County School District proudly recognizes the outstanding students who competed in the 2025 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Oratorical and Poster Contests hosted by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Sigma Omicron Omega Chapter.

Edward Mitchell Jr., Crestview’s Citizen of the Year for 2024, received the Charlie Hill Community Service Award on Jan. 16 at the 39th Annual MLK Observance in Fort Walton Beach.

The city of Crestview’s inaugural Mardi Gras Food Truck Friday, which is set for 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7 on Main Street, will warm up revelers for the city’s first-ever Mardi Gras Parade and other celebrations on Saturday, Feb. 8.

Crestview firefighters recently rescued a 76-year-old man from a fire at an apartment at the Katie Manor senior living facility, 639 Brookmeade Drive.

A prefabricated, 5-foot-tall, and three-dimensional fiberglass great blue heron dressed as a train conductor is about to make a permanent landing at Crestview’s Wilson Street Park.

By the start of the youth baseball season, and for the first time ever, all five city of Crestview-owned baseball fields will have an electronic scoreboard.

The firm that oversaw Crestview’s Main Street renovation project will align and make other upgrades to the busy and crooked East Redstone Avenue/Brookmeade Drive intersection, which stands east of the North Okaloosa Medical Center, north of Brookmeade Park and city Fire Station 3, and west of Shoal River Middle School and Riverside Elementary School.