Bartender-turned-thought-leader of the Democrat Congress, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (or “AOC,” as the left so affectionately calls her) has turned her considerable intellect to opining on climate chan…
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What makes your heart sing? Do that
Many years ago a pastoral counselor asked me what I thought W.M.Y.H.S. stood for. Because it ends with H.S., my first inclination was to think it was initials for a high school.
After pondering sev…
Fake AT&T caller scam uses PIN number to purchase phones
SHALIMAR — The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is alerting residents about a phone scam reported in our area.
A person recently received a phone call from a person indicating he was an AT&T employ…
Virginia Senate passes bill to allow guns in church
WEEK IN RELIGION
The Virginia Senate passed a bill earlier this week that would allow church goers to bring guns into places of worship. The bill reverses a law from the colonial era that forbids …
Okaloosa sheriff's office names School Resource Officer of the Year
SHALIMAR — The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office has selected its School Resource Officer of the Year for 2018.
"Deputy Cullen Coraine came to our agency in 2013 and quickly became a part of the Spe…
Is a religionless Christianity needed?
The young German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer was executed on April 9, 1945 in the Flossenbürg concentration camp, just weeks before the United States Infantry liberated the camp. The Nazis hanged …
'If we can't protect our children, what else really matters?'
SHALIMAR — Okaloosa County Sheriff Larry Ashley spent nine months on the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission.
The commission issued a 450-page report outlining the system …
Public can meet, attend interviews with Crestview city manager candidates
UPDATE: The Crestview City Council meet and greet will end at 6 p.m. Feb. 4, instead of the previously stated 5:30 p.m.
CRESTVIEW — The city of Crestview will host a city manager candidate meet-and…
Area veteran and family to receive home from nonprofit
CRESTVIEW — Homes For Our Troops will soon begin building a custom home for U.S. Army veteran Vicente Ramirez. A kickoff celebration is scheduled Feb. 16 in Crestview.
In 2006, Ramirez lost his lef…
Walker ES students raise $2,000 for K-9 unit
CRESTVIEW —Walker Elementary School students spent more than a year fundraising in order to donate $2,000 to Crestview Police's K-9 division.
The students' work included popsicle sales, pizza parti…