Crestview’s new Christmas tree stands near the Crestview Courthouse. Mayor JB Whitten is set to light the tree at 5:30 p.m. Saturday during the downtown Holiday Market.

On Sunday evening, Crestview Mayor J.B. Whitten flipped a big switch to turn on the lights of the city’s huge Christmas tree, which helped brighten the foggy, misty sky and signaled the start of the annual Downtown Crestview Christmas Parade on Main Street.

Beginning in 2019, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration launched an investigation into a drug trafficking organization operating in Okaloosa County.