DEFUNIAK SPRINGS — Choctawhatchee Electrical Cooperative is warning Crestview and Northwest Florida residents about criminals posing as power company employees.
The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office…
Month: January 2016
Crestview High grad, 'accidental' baseball coach, returns home to Okaloosa County
CRESTVIEW — Anthony Brown’s baseball journey has brought him full circle.
The 2006 Crestview High School graduate played football and baseball for the Bulldogs.
He played one year of baseball at…
TIU: 5 ways to curb Northwest Florida's growing plastic problem
The problem of plastic in Northwest Florida waterways grows each year.
Plastics — including bags and water bottles, among other items — pollute the water, providing a hazard to wildlife and fish.
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Beef products recalled due to possible foreign matter contamination
WASHINGTON — Huisken Meat Company, a Sauk Rapids, Minn. establishment, is recalling approximately 89,568 pounds of beef products that may be contaminated with extraneous wood materials, the U.S. Depa…
Covenant Hospice announces expansion in services
FORT WALTON BEACH — Covenant Hospice plans to expand into new areas, offering more care choices beyond traditional hospice services.
For more than 30 years, the not-for-profit organization has prov…
CHELCO seeks Okaloosa area scholarship applicants
CRESTVIEW — CHELCO wants to help its members or their dependents with college expenses, and will award three one-time scholarships of $1,000 in May.
Applicants — who must be a CHELCO member, spous…
Gulf Coast vocation retreat scheduled for Catholic women
MOBILE — Single Catholic women ages 18 to 40 can participate in a retreat that could help them determine if a religious vocation is right for them.
The 26-hour retreat, “Gulf Coast’s Got Sisters!" …
HELMS: North Okaloosa Christians, are you ready for the rapture in 2016?
I pray that your New Year is filled with the glory of God.
But I have a question for you: What if the world ended today?
Perhaps you believe in the rapture of the church, and look forward to i…
Sexual predator reports temporary Crestview address
CRESTVIEW — Robert Earl Cuthbertson, a sexual predator, has filed a new temporary address of 1091 Ferdon Blvd. N., Crestview with the Okaloosa Sheriff's Office.
Cuthbertson, 51, is a white male wit…
Struggles continue for Crestview in loss to Fort Walton Beach (PHOTOS)
CRESTVIEW — It’s a good thing for Crestview High School’s boys basketball team that there is still a lot of ball to be played.
From the looks of things in Tuesday’s District 2-6A game with rival Fo…