CRESTVIEW — Ongoing fiber-reinforced stormwater drainage pipe failures in the Fox Valley subdivision have Public Works crews scrambling to repair damage before it worsens and threatens homes.
In Ma…
Month: April 2016
Fairchild Road paving to begin soon in Crestview
CRESTVIEW — The Okaloosa County Board of Commissioners has awarded a construction contract to Anderson Columbia to pave the 1.82-mile dirt section of Fairchild Road. The project has been a priority f…
NWFSC's April 22-23 dance spectacular will feature this French company
NICEVILLE — A two-day dance spectacular by the Northwest Florida State College dance program will include guest artist performances by the Grain de Sable Dance Company of France.
Grain de Sable — …
Okaloosa ACT-SAT workshop starts May 31
FORT WALTON BEACH — The last workshop of the school year is scheduled to assist Okaloosa County high school students taking the June 4th SAT Test and the June 11th ACT Test.
The five-session event…
Last chance to RSVP for April 16 Crestview centennial celebration
CRESTVIEW — A celebration of Crestview's 100th birthday is 11 a.m. April 16 at the Okaloosa Courthouse, Main Street.
Dress code is comfortable outdoor attire. Centennial cupcakes will be served.
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Project VOICE poets schedule April 18 Northwest Florida performance
NICEVILLE – Spoken Word Poetry will take center stage at the main event for this year's NWFSC Reads, the college's annual literacy celebration.
The free, open-to-the-public event — featuring perfor…
HART: The pope knows marriage
After directing the Catholic Church’s focus away from gay marriage, and saying even atheists who do good deeds can go to heaven, the new pope has now decided to lighten up on divorces.
Pope Francis…
Crestview man convicted of robberies could get 60 years
PENSACOLA — An Okaloosa County jury convicted Damanta Jamar Murphy, 20, of Crestview, of robbery with a weapon on April 14, according to a State Attorney's office media release.
On Aug. 4, 2012, Mu…
Baker groups plan free mobile dental clinic with May 6 screenings
BAKER — Low-income families may participate in a free mobile dental clinic sponsored by the Baker Area Ministerial Association and the Baker Lion's Club.
Local dentists and their assistants will p…
Can you help this Baker family repair a widow's house?
BAKER — Baker residents are raising funds to meet two goals: help a former teacher, and aid their adoption of a Chinese child.
Joe Stapp and his family are members of the Both Hands Foundation, whi…