CRESTVIEW — Sandra Dreaden, a Crestview Public Library fixture for over 16 years, will retire soon.
The reference librarian said she made the unexpected decision due to health complications related…
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Who's up for a political debate in Crestview?
Dear editor,
I would be interested in a conservative vs. liberal view [in the newspaper].
I see many lively debates on a lot of your stories. Being from Buffalo, N.Y., I grew up quite liberal and…
Crestview's musical opportunities abound
I enjoy music and appreciate good musicians, so I am pleased to live in a town that values good music.
We are fortunate to have music programs in our schools and to have the North Okaloosa Communit…
Okaloosa artists wanted for juried show
SHALIMAR — Okaloosa Public Arts seeks artists to participate in a juried art show, "Inspired by Art."
Part of the third annual Okaloosa County Administration Building Exhibition, the show includes …
North Okaloosa Community Briefs
Nurse submissions, donations requested for Eglin monument
CRESTVIEW — The Military Order of the Purple Heart and Northwest Florida State College are collecting information for a proposed nurses m…
Crestview girl boosts Ronald McDonald House
CRESTVIEW — The 2017 Little Miss Northwest Florida winner, a Crestview resident, has achieved her goal to help a children's assistance organization.
Kadance Fredericksen, 10, presented a total of $…
Stay calm on the investment 'roller coaster'
Unless you live near an amusement park that does a lot of advertising, you probably didn't know that Aug. 16 is National Roller Coaster Day. Actual roller coasters provide people with thrills. But as…
Learn about fall vegetable gardening
We are fortunate to be able to grow some sort of vegetables year round in Florida. But not all vegetables will grow year round.
Planting time is critical, because cool-season crops tolerate and req…
Connect Church sets Boston butt benefit
CRESTVIEW — A smoked Boston butt fundraiser is scheduled. Funds will be used by Connect Church (formerly Pleasant Hill Baptist Church) members to get their new pastor and his family to Crestview from…
Mount Zion sets Men's Day
CRESTVIEW — Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church scheduled its 57th annual Men's Day celebration.
The program has three services: church school at 9:30 a.m. Aug. 13, morning worship at 11 …