Category: faith

Editor's Note : We reviewed every edition of the News Bulletin published in 2015 to determine North Okaloosa County's most notable stories.
Here's our list of the top 10 news events that profoundly…

Bart Simpson, in one episode of "The Simpsons," misses the meaning of Christmas when he says, “We need to get back to the true meaning of Christmas — the birth of Santa Claus.”
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CRESTVIEW — Crestview cold weather shelters will be open tonight through Saturday, Dec. 19. 
The Okaloosa County Cold Weather Shelter Program provides protection when temperatures drop below 40 deg…

LAUREL HILL — With a howl of fire engine sirens and calls of “Merry Christmas” from riders and observers, the Laurel Hill Christmas Parade wended its way through town Saturday, leaving candies galore…

CRESTVIEW — Throughout North Okaloosa County, choirs, choruses and bands are rehearsing for Christmas performances.
These Christmas concerts are scheduled for the Crestview area. All are free, unle…

CRESTVIEW — Central Baptist Church's soup kitchen will temporarily be closed after December for maintenance.
The church will provide meals at 11 a.m. Mondays through Dec. 28 at the Recreation Outre…

CRESTVIEW — Elder Gary Johnson and his wife, Doris Hill, want to distribute toys to 150 girls and 150 boys this Christmas.
But the Brotherhood of Love, their organization, will need Crestview area …

Just a few days before Christmas, two women stood looking into a department store window at a display of the manger scene. It had clay figures of the baby Jesus, Mary, Joseph, the shepherds, the wise…

LAUREL HILL — All roads lead to Bethlehem this time of year, and in Laurel Hill this Saturday, that includes the town’s annual Christmas parade route and living nativity.
The city's fifth annual pa…

CRESTVIEW — First Presbyterian Church of Crestview is participating in a Christmas cookie jail ministry and welcomes donations.
Each ministry should prepare at least 15 dozen cookies, with six trea…