LAUREL HILL — The City Council is finalizing the 2015 fiscal year budget, and the proposal is down compared to last year's budget.
Month: August 2014
EXTENSION CONNECTION: Hunters, here's how to attract more wildlife
It’s time to start planning cool-season wildlife food plots. (These attract deer and other wildlife to your property, and they provide some nutrition.)
Students embrace Riverside's 'kid friendly' Learning Commons
CRESTVIEW — Returning Riverside Elementary School students express amazement when they enter the former Media Center, which teachers transformed over the summer to the Learning Commons.
CHECK IT OUT: Evening Library Time includes a visit by Jack Sparrow in September
Aaaargh! Come meet Captain Jack Sparrow at the Crestview Public Library on Tuesday, Sept. 23! Doors open at 6:15 p.m. and Captain Jack returns to his ship around 7:15 p.m.
City, community leaders recognize Citizen of the Year
CRESTVIEW — Before Dr. Naomi Barnes appeared in the City Council Chamber to accept her Crestview Citizen of the Year Award, she had been up since 6 a.m. doing what she always does: supporting other p…
Last call for Crestview YMCA soccer sign-ups
The Crestview YMCA's fall soccer registration runs through Aug. 30.
Baker coach: Gators are ready for Graceville
BAKER — A scrappy but talented Graceville High School football team hosts Baker on Friday as the Gators open the regular season.
Baker lost to Jay 14-0 in the Kickoff Classic, but Coach Matt Brunson…
Police raises receive council consensus
CRESTVIEW — The City Council has reached a consensus to approve Police Chief Tony Taylor’s request for 8 percent departmental raises, answering the prayers of many officers.
REVIEW: 'What Grandmas Do Best/What Grandpas Do Best' by Laura Numeroff
Grandparents Day is the first Sunday in September after Labor Day. This year, it falls on Sept. 7, so you have plenty of time to get a card off in the mail!
SIDELINE OBSERVATIONS: Football season calls
Friday night, I embark on my 14th season of covering high school football in Okaloosa County. Twenty-nine years ago, I began as a sports writer, stringing for the old Gulf Breeze Sentinel. Thirty-nin…