Brian Hughes
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Honoring Doolittle Raiders: 'Hail Our Heroes' World War II reenactment planned for Crestview
A three-day reenactment of the Doolittle Raid that occurred during World War II is planned in Crestview → Read More
Challenge accepted: Gordon Martial Arts teaches students to 'define what the belt means'
The April 1 promotion ceremony for Gordon Martial Arts students recognized their proficiency in the sport. → Read More
'We know the talent is out there': Crestview plans community theater troupe
Mayor JB Whitten sees launching the organization as a logical next step in forming local performing arts organizations. → Read More
Crestview Public Library to present free seminar on ABCs of traveling in Europe
The Crestview Area Sister City Program is cosponsoring the Europe Bound seminar in advance of its May visit to Noirmoutier, France. → Read More
Residents offer Crestview cops ideas, advice over coffee
Residents offer Crestview cops ideas, advice over coffee → Read More
Okaloosa County Health Department giving vaccines at Laurel Hill arts fest
Along with food, arts and music, COVID-19 vaccines will be available at the Laurel Hill Arts and Heritage Festival. → Read More
Crestview city employees attend bias training seminar
Crestview city employees attend bias training seminar → Read More
‘It’s a blessing’: Crestview police hold parade for young cancer patient
CRESTVIEW — Five-year-old Charli Betts’ day was made much brighter, and considerably livelier, when a parade of Crestview Police Department → Read More
CORONAVIRUS FLORIDA: Crestview unites for Saturday food distribution
CRESTVIEW — Under Mayor JB Whitten’s new Feeding Families Project, the city is coordinating citywide food distributions for Crestview families feeling the crunch of COVID-19 restrictions. The first giveaway is 9 a.m. April 25, to be followed by another a week later.►RELATED: Florida schools closed the rest of the school yearWith participation from multiple city departments, county and regional… → Read More
Laurel Hill educator, centenarian, dies at 105
LAUREL HILL — The bell in the Laurel Hill Presbyterian Church steeple tolled Tuesday afternoon as C. McDonald Campbell visited her beloved church home for the last time. The community’s oldest resident, she had died earlier that day.“Miss Mac,” as all who were close to her knew her, was three months shy of her 106th birthday when she slipped quietly away in the same home in which she had been… → Read More
CELEBRATE COMMUNITY: Games and treats in Warriors Hall
CRESTVIEW — The Crestview Police Department’s July games night for special needs adults and teens included a tasty assortment of snacks thanks to donations from local businesses, organizations and businesses.The gifting of treats started a couple days before the July 19 event when a representative of the Crestview CEFCO convenience store dropped off several cases of bottled water.A day later,… → Read More
DeFuniak man arrested for drugs after traffic stop
CRESTVIEW — Two written warnings for running stop signs were the least of a DeFuniak Springs resident’s problems following a traffic stop on Aplin Road.Christopher Michael Driver, 30, was pulled over by a Crestview Police investigator Friday evening for failing to stop at two stop signs, but when K9 Officer Nate Marlar smelled a strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle, the traffic stop… → Read More
Little Free Library for little readers coming to Laurel Hill
LAUREL HILL — After its organizers raised more than $150, Laurel Hill’s second Little Free Library is nearing completion and, upon City Council approval, will join the first one in front of City Hall.The new one is aimed at a more select clientele, however.It’s for the community’s younger readers.“The first one has been so successful we wanted to put one up for children,” said resident Tracy… → Read More
Crestview Police drone does the work of multiple officers in less time
CRESTVIEW — Not long ago, it would take two or more police officers armed with cameras and measuring tapes an hour or more to map an accident scene. → Read More
Early morning Crestview crash snarls traffic
CRESTVIEW — A two-vehicle traffic accident snarled the morning commute, blocking both lanes of southbound State Road 85/Ferdon Boulevard South just south of the Interstate 10 interchange.The wreck, which occurred shortly after 7 a.m., involved a Mitsubishi Mirage sedan and a GMC pick-up truck. The pick-up rolled over, blocking the left travel lane and part of the right lane. One person was taken… → Read More
Crestview Wal-Mart liquor store reports $129K in damage
CRESTVIEW — A 32-year-old Freeport man is in custody following a Saturday night rampage in which he allegedly caused more than $100,000 in damage to the liquor store under construction at the Crestview Wal-mart and to construction equipment.Multiple 911 calls flooded the Police Department’s Dispatch Center around 9:10 p.m. stating the suspect, identified as Mathew Horace Jones, was using a… → Read More
Missing Crestview woman confounds law enforcement
CRESTVIEW — The case of a missing Crestview woman continues to confound area law enforcement.Rampant rumors — none substantiated — add to the difficulty of solving the case of 29-year-old Calandra Stallworth’s disappearance.Missing since the end of March, Stallworth, the mother of two children, was originally reported missing by her mother the week before, but presented herself at the Crestview… → Read More
Crestview officer retrieves copperhead from backyard
CRESTVIEW — A police officer had a different kind of slimy villain to deal with Thursday afternoon.Crestview Sgt. Lucas Kraus and Officer Justin Reed responded to a resident’s call after the caller’s child, whom Reed said was between 8 and 10 years old, came across an about a 2-foot copperhead snake in the yard of his home in Old Bethel Estates.“The snake was found by the resident’s son while… → Read More
Crestview police cars now feature ‘In God We Trust’
CRESTVIEW — Police officers rely on the support of each other as well as professionals at police headquarters to back them up in intense situations. → Read More
Crestview Police: 911 — it's not a nanny service
Apparently parents are calling 911 to request help in getting their children to go to bed or get ready for school. → Read More