Crestview News

Marcia Monti & Debbie Sanspree of Keller-Williams Realty recently partnered with Ron Tuttle & Jim Homyak of Bennat Homes to list and sell their new homes located in Zachary Estates & Lake Arthur Estate subdivisions.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is opening a Crestview campus next month. It will be at the corner of South Ferdon Boulevard and Southview Drive above Pelican Real Estate.

The details can vary, but truancy tends to be the main reason students end up at Emerald Coast Career Institute North.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has ruled that a Crestview police officer was justified in firing his gun during a traffic stop in October.

The State Attorney's office says an officer involved shooting in Crestview was justified.

Federal officials are hoping to squeeze several types of snakes out of Florida's swamps, backyards and occasionally well-planned cul-de-sac neighborhoods with a new importation ban.

Michael Lee Mitchell of Crestview, Florida, was arrested Tuesday and charged with using a dog shock collar as punishment for 2 young girls.

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office today charged a Crestview man with two counts of felony child abuse in connection with reports he used a dog shock collar to punish two young girls.

A dog fight took a grisly turn Thursday when a man used a meat cleaver to break it up, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office.

The existing ordinance reads: "It shall be the duty of the city clerk to include charges for water, sewer and garbage on each and every utility bill prepared for service within the city." The resulted in Thomas Gordon receiving a $24.05 utilities bill, although he only uses water, for which the charge was $16.45. When he questioned the extra $7.60, ... (more)

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office arrested 19-year-old Sara Elizabeth Barnes of Regent Road in Crestview on Jan.15. A deputy was called to 1530 Trotter Way in Baker, where a home had caught fire the night before and was a total loss.

DEBATE OVER JUDICIARY REMAINS -- The Ledger, column, http://www.theledger.com , Jan.

Police have arrested a woman who they said threw a knife at her husband after he said he wanted to divorce her, according to a report.

The city's purchase of property at 378 Woodruff Ave. has been stymied after City Council members voted 2-2 last week to authorize city attorney Ben Holley to proceed with the purchase.

In celebration of Florida's Arbor Day, free tree seedlings will be given away Thursday, Jan.

Dr. Wesley Wachob, with a speech from the Rev. Jack Reeves of Fardis Baptist Church.

The Walton County Sheriff's Office is seeking the public's assistance in locating missing 17-year-old Kristen Jones, of Walton County.

The Florida Forest Service's is celebrating Arbor Day next week by giving away trees at locations in Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties on Jan.

Santa Rosa County commissioners look to draft a meeting policy. Milton makes plans to celebrate Martin Luther King Day.

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office invites the public to the dedication and opening of the renovated "Judge Joe Livingston Jr.