Category: local

CRESTVIEW — Guys who think Boy Scouts is all about rubbing two sticks together to make a campfire might change their minds after viewing the Crestview Public Library's new scouting exhibit.

CRESTVIEW — Unlike the snowbirds residents welcome to Okaloosa County in December, a gaggle of the real thing took up summer residence in northeast Crestview rather than returning to Canada.

CHIPLEY — The left inside lanes of U.S. Highway 98 east and westbound, between Cody Avenue and the Hurlburt Field runway in Okaloosa County, will be closed from 7 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. Monday, July 7 thr…

CRESTVIEW — Great Aunt Fanny and her trusty Model A, the family gathered on Grandma’s porch, Maw-maw as a child playing with the pig, and that memorable 1948 Blackwater River church outing when Pasto…

The National Council on Fireworks Safety offers these common sense safety tips for using consumer fireworks in the hopes that injuries to consumers can be greatly reduced this season.

Hot on the heels of the recent incident at the Walmart Supercenter in Crestview, in which a dog died after being left unattended in a parked car for 13 hours with no water or food, People for the Eth…

PENSACOLA — This July 4 holiday week, when many of us are on vacation, the need for blood donations never stops. Blood transfusions are crucial to the health and well-being of our community.

LAUREL HILL — After a one-year hiatus, the Laurel Hill Hobo Festival will return Oct. 4 to Gene Clary Park.

CRESTVIEW — North Okaloosa residents can observe the nation’s 238th birthday with the city’s annual Fourth of July celebration in Twin Hills Park.

Our summer reading program is off to a fizzing, booming start!