One of my greatest joys are my sweet pets. I adore my collie and cats. They provide companionship, comfort, unconditional love and affection.
Kittens, puppies, birds, bunnies, and so on are so ador…
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Council approves millage rate, budget for next fiscal year
CRESTVIEW — In the less-than-15-minute final hearing, city council members unanimously voted with one member missing to adopt the budget and millage rate for the next fiscal year.
The millage rate …
Once a log cabin mission, now a full-time church: Bobbie Brown went through it all
CRESTVIEW — Bobbie Brown, 84, sifts through memories with Woodlawn Baptist Church's senior adult pastor George Katzman laughing and reflecting on a meaningful part of her life since she was 20 years …
Surgery, Thorns and Roses
My doctor sent me for a CT scan after I went in to have a couple of lumps in my throat checked out. The lumps were never verified as being anything more than my spit glands. They just felt odd so I w…
Water line break occurs on Carver Avenue
CRESTVIEW — Soggy ground caused by a broken water line required several hours of work Monday morning on Carver Avenue in Crestview.
Rita Florence, who lives on Carver across from Evelenar Missionar…
North Okaloosa Community Briefs
CRESTVIEW — Here are some of the latest North Okaloosa events, from Northwest Florida organizations.
Crestview Fire Department extinguishes vehicle, dumpster fires
CRESTVIEW — The Crestview Fire …
Okaloosa elections office, libraries support voter registration
CRESTVIEW — Americans will celebrate National Voter Registration Day Sept. 25 with a massive 50-state effort to register voters. The nonpartisan event creates awareness of elections by encouraging Am…
Third week of games includes Clemson, Kentucky
Week three is over, and Hurricane Florence helped to wash away a few Atlantic Coast Conference teams' hopes for the ACC Title Championship with canceled games they cannot make up.
The Southeastern …
Man arrested for smashing convenience store door with rock
MILLIGAN — A man arrested for smashing the front door of a convenience store with a large rock caused $700 damage for $10 dollars’ worth of merchandise, according to an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Offi…
Groups combine to support longleaf pine, other conservation efforts
Gulf Power, in partnership with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and other groups announced its 2018 round of Longleaf Stewardship Fund grants that will benefit habitat restoration and speci…