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CRESTVIEW — First Judicial Circuit Court Judge Michael Flowers was unequivocal in his remarks before the City Council. The Okaloosa County courthouse may be coming down and will be replaced, but the …

CRESTVIEW — Reaction to Okaloosa County commissioners' decision to raze Crestview's courthouse and build a new facility on the same site is mixed.
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CRESTVIEW — Lifelong resident Doug Faircloth was selected Tuesday night to fill the City Council seat vacated in August by Mickey Rytman.
Faircloth was unanimously voted to the dais following a thr…

CRESTVIEW — The Okaloosa County Board of Commissioners today voted 4-1 to raze the Crestview courthouse and rebuild a new facility on the same site within two years.
Commissioner Trey Goodwin of Di…

LAUREL HILL — It’s about time Okaloosa County’s northernmost municipality joins other cities in having an official website, City Councilman Scott Moneypenny says.
“There’s no denying the internet h…

CRESTVIEW — When festivals take place downtown, the sponsoring organization — often the city — sometimes must rent portable staging.
That might soon change.
Community Redevelopment Agency and Mai…

CRESTVIEW – Ten candidates have submitted applications to fill the remainder of resigned City Councilman Mickey Rytman’s term of office, which ends in March 2017.
Among applicants are former City C…

CRESTVIEW — With the Okaloosa County courthouse about to be closed indefinitely for mold mitigation, Mayor David Cadle asked for a City Council consensus to allow court to be held at Warriors Hall du…

CRESTVIEW — The Crestview City Council came close Monday night to resorting to the rollback millage rate when the body deadlocked 2-2 on passing the previously approved 6.9466 millage.
But after di…

CRESTVIEW — A downtown segment of Industrial Drive will soon be rebranded as “Crestview Junction," harkening back to the city's origin as a railroad town.
The Community Redevelopment Agency Board u…