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‘I want to make downtown pretty’: Mural brings splash of color to historic district

In Crestview’s historic downtown district, native Floridian wildflowers are sprouting on the side of a popular bakery café.

The mural on Back Home Bakery Café’s rear side wall is a collaborative effort between buil...

Skatepark opens thanks to Crestview public-private partnerships

Eglin Federal Credit Union formally presented its check for $100,000 to Mayor JB Whitten for the city’s new skatepark at Monday's meeting of the City Council, but scores of avid skaters had already been swooping around the Brookmeade Pa...

Crestview by the numbers: Mayor delivers State of the City address

At the Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce’s June monthly breakfast meeting, the spotlight was — literally — on Mayor JB Whitten as he delivered his State of the City address.

“As we moved from ‘A Community ...

Officials represent Crestview on state League Of Cities committees

When the Florida League of Cities spring meeting convened last weekend, Crestview was represented on two of the organization’s key committees.

Mayor JB Whitten, who is the Northwest Florida League of Cities’ new president, took his sea...

Share caffeine and convo at Coffee With a Cop, June 23

In another sign that the community is shaking off the scourge of COVID-19, the Crestview Police Department’s regular Coffee With a Cop program returns 8-11 a.m. Wednesday, June 23, at Casbah Coffee Co., 196 Pine Ave. W. in downtown Crestview.

Th...

'The Croods' is June 19 Family Movie Night feature

Families are invited to gather up the young ‘uns, pack the folding sports chairs and blankets, and head over to the Spanish Trail Park amphitheatre for the next Crestview Monthly Family Movie Night, Saturday, June 19, at 8 p.m.

Rescheduled from a...

June 19 CASH BASH benefits Crestview homeless shelter

The CASH BASH — Crestview Area Shelter for the Homeless’s Benefit for Affordable Supportive Housing — is coming to Crestview’s Central Baptist Church 6-8 p.m. Saturday, June 19.

“We have many live and silen...

New Crestview business services America’s oldest truck brand

A Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting on May 21 was flanked by a pair of impressive “severe-duty” Autocar trucks representing a 122-year heritage as America’s oldest, continuously operating truck brand.

Southern ...