CRESTVIEW — Even before the flourishing railroad town of Crestview became an incorporated city and the seat of Okaloosa County, it had a newspaper, and has had one ever since. Friday, the city's twice-weekly Crestview News Bulletin marked its 45th birthday. The Bulletin began life as the Okaloosa Consumer Bulletin on July 3, 1975, and featured a lead story — appropriately enough — about William H. "Bill" Mapoles, who started the city's first newspaper. CLASSIC CRESTVIEW: Historic photos of Crestview in the 1980s Mapoles was an attorney, served as a state representative and later a county judge and state senator, and was a driving force in the Legislature behind the creation of Okaloosa County...
