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Crestview hit by apparent early morning tornado. Here is what we know.
CRESTVIEW — The city of Crestview is announcing that an apparent tornado struck the town in the early morning hours of Friday. The National Weather Service has not yet announced whether the storm was, in fact, a tornado. The agency is expected to have representatives in Crestview later Friday to investigate the...
Crestview residents share their experiences after an apparent tornado ripped through town
CRESTVIEW — As family and friends cleared debris from her home on Friday, Lisa Willcut, a cafeteria worker at Crestview High School, thanked God that the damage to her house wasn't as bad as it could have been. On Friday morning, the National Weather Service in Mobile, Alabama issued a tornado warning as a strong line of thunderstorms moved through Okaloosa County. Willcut, who lives on Eighth Avenue in Crestview, knew the storms were on their...
Videos, photos on social media show damage after reported tornado in Crestview, Florida
A possible tornado swept through Crestview early Friday as a line of severe thunderstorms rolled across the area. Roads were blocked by downed trees and power lines and there was damage to buildings and homes, the Crestview Police Department posted on Facebook. ...
Keep Crestview Beautiful cleanup event is April 19-28
"To encourage our citizens to 'Choose the View,' it is important to continue to make Crestview as attractive as possible," Mayor J.B. Whitten said in a news release. "Our spring clean-up initiative is a great way foreveryone to contribute." Here is what we know. Program history. Since its inception three...
Management firm dismissed from lawsuit
The management and consulting firm for a Florala nursing home was dismissed from a lawsuit brought by a group of employees pertaining to claims of discrimination. NHS Management provided consultant work for Florala Health and Rehabilitation at a time relevant to the lawsuit. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit claim the firm should have corrected what […] The post Management firm dismissed from lawsuit appeared first on The Andalusia Star-News.
LiveOak Fiber Completes Nearly 50 Percent of its Broadband Deployment in Northwest Florida
NICEVILLE, Florida--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 4, 2024-- LiveOak Fiber, a regional broadband provider, is excited to announce that the company’s Northwest Florida fiber network deployment is nearly halfway complete and is already providing broadband services to thousands of residential and business customers. When fully completed, the FTTP network is expected to serve nearly 200,000 passings throughout the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metropolitan statistical area and throughout Okaloosa, Walton, Bay, and Santa Rosa Counties. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240403998758/en/ LiveOak Fiber Coverage Map (Graphic: Business Wire)
Crestview Main Street revitalization project closes road; detours in place starting April 15
CRESTVIEW — Due to the ongoing efforts of the Main Street revitalization project in downtown Crestview, a portion of Main Street, from Industrial Drive to Woodruff Avenue East, will be closed until further notice beginning Monday, April 15. During the road closure, crews will remove existing roadways, landscapes and brick pavers. The detour for drivers will take motorists along Woodruff Avenue East along South Wilson Street to Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. ...
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