Category: local

CRESTVIEW — Among fans in the bleachers for the big Friday night football game against Niceville were visitors from Noirmoutier, Crestview’s French sister city, including 21 students attending with t…

CRESTVIEW — With the snip of a red ribbon, the University of Florida/IFAS Okaloosa County Extension service’s days of operating from a cramped, outdated former fairgrounds shed are officially over. E…

CRESTVIEW — Shawna Marie Beitler and Kenneth Tyrone Grant Jr. will wed Nov. 6 at the Twin Hills Park gazebo in Crestview.

CRESTVIEW —Okaloosa County Master Gardener Bill Buckellew won the Personal Communications Award at the 32nd Annual Florida Master Gardener Continued Training Conference on Oct. 3. Okaloosa County res…

CRESTVIEW — An SUV caught fire about 6:30p.m. in the northbound lanes of State Road 85 near the intersection of P.J. Adams Parkway Friday night.

Some 50 vendors will offer free health screenings ranging from hearing to skin cancer tests and health insurance information. The event will feature live music from local artists Carl Woodall and Thr…

BAKER — Country-cooking aroma mingles with freshly shaved cypress wood scent and boiling lye soap tang as the annual Baker Heritage Day festival unfolds at Baker Block Museum and Heritage Park, 1307 …

CRESTVIEW — After a year hiatus, the Loomis Bros. Circuswill return to Crestview Nov. 9-11 at Old Spanish Trail Park. Performances are 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Nov. 9; 1, 4 and 7 p.m. Nov. 10; and 3 p…

CRESTVIEW — Cold weather Monday didn't deter visitors from the Full Moon Indian Hunting Camp near the Crestview Community Center.

CRESTVIEW — First United Methodist Church's Action Outreach Group is creating handmade, one-of-a-kind sock monkeys and creatures for purchase at the church's fall bazaar.