CRESTVIEW — Katie Mitchell's weak immune system usually forces her to stay home. The 3-year-old was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in December.
Category: lifestyle
EXTENSION CONNECTION: No flashlights on the beach, and other tips for sea turtle nesting season
Beach season is almost here, and that also brings sea turtle nesting season.
Relay nets $87K for cancer research
CRESTVIEW — The American Cancer Society has more than $87,460 following Saturday's Relay For Life at Shoal River Middle School.
FWC divides Pensacola-Tallahassee hunting zone into two Deer Management Units
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recently passed changes that divide the state’s Hunting Zone D (from Pensacola to Tallahassee) into two deer management units, each with a unique…
Hospital observes National Donate Life Month
CRESTVIEW — Even when a loved one dies, there is hope, particularly if the deceased was an organ donor, North Okaloosa Medical Center staffers said.
Thanks to Woodlawn Baptist Church members, Crestview Manor residents are not forgotten
CRESTVIEW — Senior Woodlawn Baptist Church members ensure each month that Crestview Manor residents can sing praise.
Dancing in Frances' memory: Dance program perpetuates founder's joy of life
NICEVILLE — When Crestview and DeFuniak Springs students Kalyn Sawyer and Haylee Green and their troupe mates danced Friday during Dance Facets' opening night, behind their performances was the motto…
Grouper fishing reopens May 1 in Atlantic, Monroe County waters
Anglers targeting grouper in Florida state waters of the Atlantic, including Monroe County, can take home some of their catch starting May 1, when the season reopens to harvest.
The 'Singing Lawman': CHS alumnus makes country music mag cover
CRESTVIEW — In his parody of "On the Cover of Rolling Stone," Buck Owens famously sang "On the Cover of the Music City News." For a 1988 Crestview High School alumnus, being featured on the cover of …
Financial institutions, schools teaching children to save
Through July, area youths can participate in the University of Florida Okaloosa County Extension's Teaching Children to Save program.