Crestview News

Okaloosa County commissioners on Tuesday put their support behind local high school students working to ban the sale of candy-flavored tobacco products.

A man has been convicted of breaking into a home and taking a television, clothing and jewelry, according to the state attorney's office.

Folks who market Northwest Florida as a good place to do business could use some upbeat news, especially after a website called Thumbtack put the thumbscrews to this area, ranking it the worst part of Florida for small companies.

Officials with the State Fire Marshal's Office are investigating a Wednesday night fire that destroyed an area church on Eighth Avenue.

Right now the 73-year-old has six dogs living with her. Five of them she couldn't resist and adopted.

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Okaloosa County Jail officials are keeping a close eye on recent increases that have pushed the inmate population above the facility's capacity of 594.

Gulf Power's first attempt at a site certification program to help public and private entities prepare properties for development is off to a strong start.

Inri Fales' past has shaped her, but the high school senior has made up her mind that it won't define her.

More than a year after discovering former tourism head Mark Bellinger illegally purchased a house in Destin with a BP oil spill grant, Okaloosa County still is waiting to recoup its losses.

Representatives from the city and its partners will meet Tuesday to find a way to move forward a project that would upgrade an at-capacity sewer line north of Intestate 10.

Two people were taken to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola in serious condition after an accident Thursday morning on Old Bethel Road west of Staff Road, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

After Gov. Rick Scott vetoed a $500,000 renovation for the Okaloosa County Health Department, officials say they will go ahead and fund the most critical projects.

Today, Governor Rick Scott announced that Area Development magazine awarded Florida, through its primary economic development organization, Enterprise Florida, Inc.

The City Council will try to jump-start the Crestview Power Center, a 144-acre retail project on hold after the landowner demanded more than the $1.25 million impact fee relief officials had provided.

County commissioners have approved soliciting proposals from companies to install a new web-based visitation system at the jail in Crestview.

It started with more than 100 applicants, but now the search for Okaloosa County's next airports director is down to four finalists.

On April 27, the designated Day of Service, hundreds of volunteers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, went forth working on a variety of service projects.