Mayor, councilors are sworn in

Returning Hub City Mayor J.B. Whitten and newly elected City Councilors Brandon Frost and Shannon Hayes were each sworn into office on Nov. 18 by the Rev. Paul Mixon, who is a pastor at Central Baptist Church in Crestview and the District 1 Okaloosa County commissioner.

Crestview celebrates its baby box

God put all the pieces into place for Crestview to have a Safe Haven Baby Box, then-City Councilor Cynthia Brown said at the Oct. 28 ribbon-cutting ceremony for the life-saving initiative.

September 11

Three hundred U.S. flags, or about one for every 10 people who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on America, sway in the breeze sailing over the front yard of Barry and Arlene Barrett’s home at 6070 Old Bethel Road, just outside of Crestview’s city limits.

Fox Theater makeover begins

The major renovation of the historic Fox Theater building began on Aug. 6.

Baby box contract receives green light

The Crestview City Council on July 8 unanimously approved a five-year lease and service agreement with the Woodburn, Indiana-based Safe Haven Baby Boxes nonprofit organization to provide a baby box in the Hub City.

County allocates funds for traffic management center

The Okaloosa County Commission on June 4 approved allocating $1.5 million in county half-cent sales tax reserves toward the estimated $2.5 million construction cost of a traffic management center.

Deputy kills airman

On May 3, then-Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Eddie Lee Duran Jr. fatally shot 23-year-old U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Roger Fortson at Fortson’s residence at the Chez Elan Apartments on Racetrack Road in Ocean City.

More shopping

Two proposed shopping centers are in different stages of development north of U.S. Highway 90 in Crestview, City Manager Tim Bolduc said at the April 4 Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce Networking Breakfast at the city Community Center.

J.T. Garrett goes out in style

Lifetime Crestview resident J.T. Garrett, who enjoyed impersonating “Barney Fife” from “The Andy Griffith Show” and once had a real brush with Hollywood fame, died on March 3 at age 96.

Land for fun

Camping, walking and horseback riding trails, archery, and kayaking and canoeing on the Shoal River are some of the potential features and uses of an approximately 412-acre, Dorcas-area property the Okaloosa County Commission approved buying in February.