Category: local

Area businesses are receiving calls from a person claiming to represent Gulf Power and demanding payment — otherwise, they say, electric service will be cut off.
Gulf Power continues to work with l…

All Okaloosa County Water & Sewer offices will close at noon Sept. 30 for the end of the fiscal year. They will reopen the following day at 8 a.m. The ability to pay online or by phone will also be u…

FORT WALTON BEACH — Area residents who can no longer care for their exotic pets are invited to surrender them to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for adoption in October.
Repti…

CRESTVIEW — Elks Lodge 2624's first Fall Craft Extravaganza is 9-4 p.m. Oct. 3 at 1005 S. Pearl St.
"We will have vendors of both homemade items and direct sales helping you get ready for all the f…

MILTON  — Panhandle Community Theatre will present "Don't Touch that Dial," a variety show with a cast that includes three Crestview residents.
Performances are at 7:30 p.m. nightly Sept. 24-27, an…

CRESTVIEW — Latin Night is coming to Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Crestview.
The event is 9-11 p.m. Sept. 25 at the studio, 301 N. Main St., Crestview.
Cost is $10 per person at the door. Call 68…

CRESTVIEW — The Friends of the Crestview Library Fall Book Sale is scheduled for next weekend.
The event begins 5-8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 2 and continues 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 3 …

CRESTVIEW — The Crestview Area Shelter for the Homeless group's annual meeting is set for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13.
"If you are interested in what our area churches are doing to assist our homeless …

CRESTVIEW — The Dogwood Garden Club is celebrating its 50th year in the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs. It was organized in 1963 and joined the federation in 1965.
 At the Oct. 6 FFGC District …

CRESTVIEW — Yvonne Shanklin, an Edward Jones financial adviser in Crestview, next week will host a free educational seminar, "Key Life Decisions: Are You Prepared?"
The seminar — which will focus o…