CRESTVIEW — Crestview High School's first ever female wrestlers competed at the Florida Girls Wrestling Championships Feb. 2 at Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando.
The girls were the first-year w…
Month: February 2018
Shoal River wins county basketball championship
Shoal River Middle School’s boys basketball team won the county championship Feb. 8 with a 52-36 win over Pryor. SRMS completed an undefeated season, finishing with a perfect record of 16-0. The win …
CHECK IT OUT: Get ready for the library bear hunt
We’re going on a bear hunt in the Crestview Public Library on Feb. 23!
In addition to the bear hunt, we will read some stories and treat our bears to a picnic.
Someone in your party must be ages …
Master Gardeners elect board members
The Okaloosa County Master Gardener Association has elected new officers for its board of directors.
The board members are President Dave Gordon, President Elect Debbie Sewel, Secretary Janet Hays,…
New business offers tasty gourmet gifts
CRESTVIEW — There’s a new store on Main Street that offers a different kind of gift for most occasions. Fruitable Flowers, located at 321 N. Main St., offers fresh fruit arrangements, chocolate-cover…
The Winter Olympics: Make Them Stop!
The Olympic Winter Games began, as they always do, with the Parade of Nations — many of which we have yet to invade. By parading like that in those loud outfits, however, they just seem to be asking …
Monthly Box of Food for Our Poor
Back in the seventies, my dad brought some delicious cheese home from our local town. "They were giving this cheese out in front of the courthouse so I picked some up," he said. The cheese was all pa…
Homeless advocates feed Crestview's hungry
CRESTVIEW — While there is no full-time, 24-hour homeless shelter in Crestview, there is a local effort to feed homeless and poor people throughout the week.
Crestview churches and organizations wo…
Crestview author releases 'A New Beginning'
CRESTVIEW — A labor of love for a local author has come to its fruition.
"A New Beginning" is a historical novel by David A. Russell of Crestview. It tells the story of Andraui Stanislaski, a survi…
Goodbye, North Okaloosa — but first, some parting words
Burying the lede is an editor’s pet peeve, so I will practice what I preach and just spill the ink:
This is my last column as the Crestview News Bulletin’s editor. Following several months of pray…