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CRESTVIEW —Residents of the Silvercrest Health and Rehabilitation Center in Crestview were treated to Christmas carols and ornament building with a group of students from Bob Sikes Elementary School Saturday morning.The students are part of the school's safety patrol, and make numerous outings for community service and extracurricular educational programs.Deputy Jennifer Vitale of the  Okaloosa County Sheriffs Office organizes the program ,which now has a number of [...]

I asked PAWS Director Dee Thompson to share a list of the reasons pets are surrendered.

CRESTVIEW — The Okaloosa County Commission recently approved an option agreement to buy up to 1,665 acres of Shoal River Ranch land for potential economic development.The option is for three years, includes the ability to obtain a one-year extension and allows the county to purchase all or any part of the acreage involved. Shoal River Ranch, located just east of Crestview, is owned by the Holland M. Ware Charitable Foundation [...]

Panhandle Package, in tiny Campbellton, is among the winningest lottery sales locations in the state.

FORT WALTON BEACH — The Rev. Cecil Williams envisions the roughly 3,000-square-foot House of Valor as "an abode of light and love" for some local homeless veterans.Williams, of Greg Chapel AME Church and the Fort Walton Beach-based nonprofit Third Chance Inc., spearheaded a groundbreaking ceremony Saturday afternoon for the planned House of Valor. It will be a six-unit apartment complex at 10 Nicholson St. that will provide [...]

The 19-year-old girl was not wearing a seat belt during the fatal rollover.

The emails in question pertain to 13 senior Trump transition officials