To piggyback on reference librarian Sandra Dreaden’s “happiness project” in a previous Check It Out, Jamie Mitchell visited Lap Sit to fulfill her New Year’s resolution.
Month: January 2013
Experts: January and February are best months to plant trees locally
CRESTVIEW — Theresa Herndon picked the perfect time to move to her new home.
Crestview fourth-grader to watch inauguration in Washington D.C.
CRESTVIEW — A Bob Sikes Elementary School fourth-grader received a surprise on Christmas Eve when a mysterious manila envelope arrived at her grandparents’ Garden City home.
Choctaw too strong for Crestview
FORT WALTON BEACH — Simply put Saturday was not a good night for the Crestview girls basketball team.
Choctawhatchee seniors Brittany Brown and Lauren Day made their final regular season home game on…
Volunteer tax assistance partners sought
CRESTVIEW — The United Way of Okaloosa-Walton Counties needs Volunteer Income Tax Assistance partners.
Man charged with cutting neighbor with machete
NICEVILLE – A man has been charged with cutting his neighbor’s wrist with a machete on Friday evening, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.
Rocky Bayou Christian students learn about the Second Amendment
NICEVILLE — The controversy surrounding gun control in the United States has been dissected to its roots and built back up to the present inside a local classroom.
Woman charged with battery for kicking officer has court date
CRESTVIEW — A woman is in hot water after she allegedly kicked a Crestview Police officer in the stomach.
Scott does about-face on early voting
TALLAHASSEE (AP) — Gov. Rick Scott — who slashed early voting from 14 to 8 days, then defended the decision in court — said Thursday he thinks returning to 14 early-voting days will help ease long li…
Nichole Bailey signs with Wallace
LAUREL HILL — When first meeting Nichole Bailey, you’ll notice that the Laurel Hill senior softball player is polite but soft-spoken. On the softball diamond, the Hobo left fielder lets her bat do th…