CRESTVIEW — The community began a weeklong observance of National Police Week with a memorial ceremony Thursday evening in advance of May 15’s Peace Officer’s Memorial Day, which starts the week.
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Month: May 2016
Schola Cantorum performs 'Evening at the Opera'
CRESTVIEW — First Presbyterian Church of Crestview’s weekend Centennial Celebration kicked off Thursday night with Schola Cantorum’s spirited performance of classical, Broadway and American Songbook …
Low-cost rabies vaccination clinic is May 19 in Baker
BAKER — The Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa County and the Panhandle Animal Welfare Society are partnering to offer $5 rabies vaccinations.
The clinic — set for 1-4 p.m. May 19 — is at the…
Fort Walton Beach Ride of Silence is May 18
FORT WALTON BEACH — The Emerald Coast Cycling Club will participate in the worldwide 2016 Ride of Silence event.
The six-mile ride — which commemorates cyclists killed on US highways — begins at 6 …
Program on dance is June 7 in Crestview
CRESTVIEW — Mia Batson of Ballet & Barre in Crestview will discuss and perform concepts of ballet, contemporary, and lyrical dance during a June 7 program.
“Dance: Its History and Beauty” begins at…
Larceny under $100,000, selling hallucinogens among North Okaloosa arrests
The Crestview Police Department and Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office provided these felony arrest reports from May 5-11:
Michael Todd Commee, 38, Crestview, driving with suspended license
Lydi…
The high cost of addiction: Opioid epidemic fueling hospitalizations, healthcare costs
Every day, headlines detail the casualties of the nation’s surge in heroin and prescription painkiller abuse: The funerals, the broken families and the patients cycling in and out of treatment. Now, …
As birth rates fall, teens get less sex education
Teenage girls are catching up to teenage boys in one way that does no one any good: Lack of sex education, according to a recent report.
The proportion of teenage girls between the ages of 15 and 1…
Crestview coach returns to Gator Country
BAKER — For the past five years, Kathy Combest’s Hall-of-Fame coaching acumen resided in Crestview.
Her heart, however, never left Baker.
Earlier this week, Combest opted to return to Gator count…
Mr. Mac plans June 7 Crestview appearance
CRESTVIEW — A former physical education teacher is all about moving to the music.
Mr. Mac — Michael McCartan — is bringing music and movement to Warriors Hall at 6:30 p.m. June 7. This free-for-…