The state's restaurant industry is expected to post 4.5 percent sales growth this year to reach just under $34.7 million, according to the National Restaurant Association’s 2014 Restaurant Industry F…
Month: January 2014
County official: Crestview courthouse renovation 'long overdue'
Okaloosa County is considering bundling three major construction projects into one financing deal to get a cheaper loan rate.
Tax collector agents collecting delinquent tax receipts
FORT WALTON BEACH — Okaloosa County Tax Collector’s Office field agents are collecting delinquent business tax receipts Monday through Friday during business hours.
Okaloosa women's commission to induct new officers
The Okaloosa County Commission on the Status of Women will swear in Valerie McLaughlin, chair; Amy McBride, vice chair; Mary Blackwell, secretary; and Dawn Johnson, treasurer, as its 2014 officers.
Lebanon Missionary Baptist Church centennial attracts current, former flock (VIDEO/PHOTOS)
BAKER — Roy Simon says love is a key ingredient to Lebanon Missionary Baptist Church's longevity.
COVER STORY: County extension celebrates 100 years of home, farming advice
CRESTVIEW — Okaloosa County's University of Florida Extension is celebrating 100 years of helping people farm, garden and live better.
HUBBUB: Residents should receive refund, geese should stay…
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Local playwright's musical traces music through the 'Generations'
CRESTVIEW — A chance meeting at a local coffee shop was the final impetus playwright and Crestview resident Mike Smith needed to make the dream of producing his musical, "Generations: A Collection of…
Garden club members spruce up patriotic highway marker
CRESTVIEW — Dogwood Garden Club members Carol Strom and Thea Duhaime spent Tuesday performing some winter clean-up at the Blue Star Memorial marker on U.S. Highway 90.
Former Main Street jewelry shop sparkles again
CRESTVIEW — The place where generations of local families bought jewelry is again a Main Street jewel itself following an extensive, top-to-bottom renovation.