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The teachers took them down! Baker’s fifth-grade teachers defeated Principal Tom Shipp (front left) and School Resource Officer Charles Kye (front right) in a “fair and square” tug-of-war during the school’s fifth-grade Field Day...
HOLT — Trina Trimm and her husband Dave, a former law enforcement officer who developed the St. Lucie County school resource officer program, aren’t the sort of retirees who kick back for a well-earned rest. Soon after their arrival in Holt,...
Crestview Police Officer Len Steinmeier was promoted to sergeant during a brief ceremony Wednesday morning. Steinmeier began his police career as a dispatcher, going to active patrol duty in May 2007. Read more about the ceremony in the Saturday edition...
FORT WALTON BEACH — A man was "agitated and belligerent" early Tuesday in a Waffle House after he flooded a restroom with syringes, cocaine and condoms in his pockets, lawmen say. Jonathan Edward Berry, 31, of Jeff Street in Crestview, is charged...
It was a beautiful evening as Sybil Harrison spoke in her gentle voice to officials and friends in the Laurel Hill council chambers May 8. She expressed graceful acceptance for the plaque and honor given posthumously to her husband, John Harrison. Council...
In the last Border Crossings I introduced several favorite travel guide series. This week I’ll share a series that didn’t quite fit into my previous discourse: the Jetlag Travel Guides, “for the undiscerning traveller.” Through...
The Okaloosa County Board of Commissioners has proclaimed May 18-24 EMS Week, in honor of Emergency Medical Services. Food drives will be held in Crestview and Fort Walton Beach at Publix Stores in celebration of its theme “Your Life is Our Mission.”...
EVENTS LAY YOUR ADDICTION TO REST: Rollin' for Christ, a ministry founded by John and Cynthia Bass of Crestview, is hosting a second outreach in Okaloosa County in May.It will be held at Fairview Park in Crestview during May Day. For information on either...
A Chevrolet HHR sport utility vehicle apparently hydroplaned on rain-slicked pavement while turning east onto East Redstone Avenue from northbound State Road 85 around 2:35 Thursday afternoon. The Chevy became wedged between an older Chevrolet pick-up...
A home on Campton Lane in Laurel Hill was destroyed by fire late Wednesday night, according to Almarante Volunteer Fire Department Chief David Henderson. “It was a total loss,” he said of the fire that was called in by a neighbor just before...