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Laurel Hill council to seek $600,000 grant for road repair

LAUREL HILL — The City Council on Tuesday voted in favor of pursuing a state grant that could give the city up to $600,000 for road repairs.

CAMPUS KUDOS: Marshall received dean's list recognition

CLEARWATER — Sophomore Blake Marshall, of Crestview, received the Dean's List Award at Clearwater Christian College for scholastic achievement during the 2012 fall semester.

State college's spring registration extended to Jan. 14

NICEVILLE — Northwest Florida State College registration is in progress for classes that begin Jan. 7 and March 1.

Center for Lifelong Learning registration begins Jan. 11

FORT WALTON BEACH — The Center for Lifelong Learning’s prospective students may register Jan. 11 at the University of West Florida auditorium, 1170 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

Tax collectors picking up delinquent business tax receipts

FORT WALTON BEACH — Field agents from the Okaloosa County Tax Collector’s Office are in the process of collecting delinquent business tax receipts. Formally known as an Occupational License, the rece…

Library co-op plans Saturday book sale and book vending machine

CRESTVIEW — Okaloosa County will have a one-time surplus book sale 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at the former county extension office on Hill Drive.

'World guy' walks for diabetes awareness (VIDEO, SLIDESHOW)

NICEVILLE — On Sunday a 50-year-old man from Kentucky and his dog had the world on a string and were rolling it down State Road 85.

Reflections over a century: Crestview woman celebrates 100th birthday

CRESTVIEW — There were laughs, hugs, balloons and cake aplenty at the First Presbyterian Church Jan. 3, when longtime member Bertha Mae Corkins celebrated her 100th birthday surrounded by family, chu…