Category: local

Whenever anyone asks me about the greatest athlete I’ve ever seen, I don’t hesitate in naming Baker’s Houston McTear.
The 1976 Baker graduate, who ran track and played football, was a world-class s…

CRESTVIEW — Crestview High School’s football team takes to the field one last time in 2015 on Friday, when the Bulldogs host Fort Walton Beach in a District 3-6A game.
Friday’s game might not be do…

BAKER — Chipley High School's tough football team awaits Baker School on Friday.
The Gators (5-2), riding a three-game winning streak, will try to spoil Chipley’s homecoming.
Baker took a dramati…

BAKER — Alec Black is anything but a high school football team's typical center.
Most players who anchor the heart of a high school offensive line are at least 6 feet tall and weigh well more than …

Dear editor,
On Sunday, Sept. 25, I was one of 31 outriders on the Bonifay Wagon Train that traveled along Highway 90 from Crestview to Mossy Head.
Along the way, I lost my camera. I was trying t…

NAVARRE — "Monarch Migration" is the topic of the Tri-County Horticulture Studies Group's next meeting.
Mary Peterzen, Santa Rosa County Master Gardener and member of the Panhandle Butterfly House …

CRESTVIEW — Local military veterans needing out-of-town medical care benefited the most from Emerald Coast Aviation’s fly-in.
Click here or below left under Related Content to see the photo gallery…

The chosen theme for this year’s National Newspaper Week is “Power of the Press,” and that power, it seems to me, is very relative.
Everybody understands the power of, say, The New York Times or Th…

Dozer the Therapy Dog is a Northwest Florida treasure.
The Great Dane greets customers monthly at the Crestview Walgreen's; his presence eases travelers' tension at the Destin-Fort Walton Beach Air…

FORT WALTON BEACH — The Emerald Coast Association of Realtors board of directors has selected A. Keith Dean as its new leader.
Dean has 15 years' experience in association management, most recently…