Crestview News

Lunch and dinner 11 a.m. 8:30 p.m. Monday Friday, 11 a.m. 9 p.m. Saturday, 11:30 a.m. 2:30 p.m. Sunday Traveling State Road 85, also known as Ferdon Boulevard, through Crestview quite often, I noticed Uncle Bill's Family Restaurant and all of the cars that always seemed to be in the parking lot at meal time but never had an opportunity to stop by - ... (more)

Judiciary-- CAPE ATTORNEY APPOINTED TO TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT -- Ft. Myers News-Press, http://www.news-press.com , Feb.

Okaloosa County commissioners on Tuesday rejected a resolution calling for the restoration of Amtrak's Sunset Limited route from New Orleans to Jacksonville.

A regional effort to restore Amtrak service along the Sunset Limited route from New Orleans to Jacksonville is receiving mixed reviews in Okaloosa County.

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.