CRESTVIEW — Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies stationed at Wal-Mart on Saturday will collect unwanted or unused medications, no questions asked. The OCSO and Drug Enforcement Agency’s Drug Ta…
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Tax certificate sales workshops are May 1-22 in Northwest Florida
FORT WALTON BEACH — Okaloosa County Tax Collector’s Office representatives next month will facilitate several workshops to inform potential bidders on the tax-certificate sales process.
Minority Nonprofit of the Year competition seeks applicants
CRESTVIEW — The Florida Minority Community Reinvestment Coalition and Let's Do Business Florida and Summit’s Host Committee seek applications for the 2013 Florida Minority Nonprofit of the Year Award.
Four parks receive advisories for fecal matter
FORT WALTON BEACH — Four parks may have potentially hazardous bathing water, the Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa County stated this week.
CHECK IT OUT: Poem in Your Pocket Day at library
The Crestview Public Library has been celebrating National Poetry Month. If you have been reading our column or following us on Facebook, you have read about some of our events.
Crestview Spectrum House raises awareness with public event
CRESTVIEW — Spectrum House closed its parking area on Saturday to allow families to participate in several activities from jumping in a bounce house to tossing rings on a small inflatable pirate ship.
Crestview Covenant Hospice honors volunteers with luncheon
CRESTVIEW — Driving to DeFuniak Springs to sit with a hospice patient on a moment’s notice is no problem for Alice Fowler.
Heritage Museum will house Okaloosa's VIVA time capsule
DESTIN — The Okaloosa Time Capsule Committee has selected Heritage Museum as the VIVA Florida Anniversary Time Capsule’s location.
Annual car show and restaurant crawl draw families downtown
CRESTVIEW — Erica Duenas, 8, stood on tip-toes to peek inside a 1953 Packard Convertible, its grille a tribute to Detroit's post-war affection for chromium, as she and her grandfather, James Ward, jo…
Shelter House plans May 11 Women and Money conference
NICEVILLE — The 3rd Annual Women and Money Conference, or WAM!, is 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. May 11 at Northwest Florida State College’s Costa Leadership Institute, 100 College Blvd., Niceville.