PENSACOLA — The Better Business Bureau and BBB Wise Giving Alliance are advising people to help as much as they can in Hurricane Harvey relief efforts, but to do so with caution and make sure their d…
Month: August 2017
Stop projecting racism — Southerners have moved on
ESPN, long the MSNBC of sports, made a bizarre executive decision to remove Asian-American football announcer Robert Lee from the William and Mary vs. Virginia game.
It looked like a headline from …
We will pull together for Houston, neighboring towns
Houston and the Texas Gulf Coast are devastated. Never has an area been so blasted by so much rainfall in such a short amount of time.
Houston has received more rainfall than any other city across …
‘They’re eager to learn’
CRESTVIEW — Coach Ryan Gillis did not reach his rebuilding expectations from last season, but remains optimistic for this season.
“We have a ton of new faces and they’re coming out here eager,” sai…
‘We can mold ‘em how we want ’em’
CRESTVIEW — Coach Chris Small has only one starter returning to the Davidson Panthers football program this season, having to take a step back and slowly recondition an all-new squad.
“They haven’t…
‘Every game counts’
BAKER — When attempting to continue a 14-game winning streak, having a realignment of the playoff structure presents its own set of challenges.
With the Baker Gators being in FHSAA Class 1-A, they’…
PLAYOFF CHANGES: Nothing stays completely the same
Everything changes at some time or another.
For the past 40-some years there has been one system the Florida High School Athletic Association has followed.
That system is that two teams from each…
Crestview Police chaplain ministering to hurricane survivors in Texas
CRESTVIEW — Even before Hurricane Harvey was done dumping massive amounts of water on Texas communities from the Gulf of Mexico inland, one of the Crestview Police Department’s chaplains was headed t…
Okaloosa Sheriff's office charges employee with grand theft
SHALIMAR — The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office charged an OCSO civilian employee with grand theft of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription.
Deidra …
Crestview teen to visit Noirmoutier on Sister City fellowship
CRESTVIEW — It’s one thing to burrow into history books to learn about the past. It’s another to help recreate what historical periods were like.
Rollin Cluff, a dual-enrolled Northwest Florida Sta…