Category: local

CRESTVIEW — The 17th Annual Run for the Toys, a motorcycle event benefiting North Okaloosa families and the Families First Network of Crestview, kicks off soon.
Registration is 9:30-11 a.m. Nov. 1 …

CRESTVIEW — Confederate roses are in bloom, at least for some local residents.
Larry Williams, an agent at the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension office i…

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE — Corvias Military Living, Corvias Group's military housing division, and the Army Wife Network LLC, a multimedia resource site for military spouses, will bring the Field Exercis…

CRESTVIEW — Christie Cadenhead has joined Community Bank as an assistant vice president and loan officer.
With more than 10 years' banking experience, she will be instrumental in the Crestview mark…

VALPARAISO — The Heritage Museum of Northwest Florida presents “Okaloosa Steepheads,” a free lecture, at noon on Nov. 13. 
Guest speaker Walter G. Smith will discuss the region's deep ravines, one …

CRESTVIEW — A beloved senior citizen and town fixture says she enjoys riding a tricycle that numerous residents bought her.
Sara Reese, known as "Ms. Sara," often travels Crestview streets using ju…

CRESTVIEW — Gulf Power recently recognized its 100,000th residential customer in the company's central district.  
The customers are Floyd and Leah Nash of Crestview.
Their new home is all-electr…

CRESTVIEW — Like Crestview itself, the city’s annual Fall Festival is growing. This year’s event will be the biggest ever, Main Street Crestview Association organizers say.
The six-block-long event…

CRESTVIEW — Nikita Ottosen has conquered the National Strongman Competition in Quad Cities, Iowa.
What is she going to do next?
Represent the United States in competition at the Arnold Sports Fes…

FORT WALTON BEACH — The Okaloosa County Master Gardeners' fall plant sale is 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 24.
All proceeds from the sale — held at the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricul…