A Crestview nurse has been named Florida’s Registered Nurse of the Year by the Florida Health Care Association. Christie King has worked at the Crestview Rehabilitation Center for 23 years and has held the titles of assistant director of nursing, risk manager, interim director of nursing and floor RN. In her current position, she is…… MORE
Yearly Archives: 2018
HURRICANE SALES TAX HOLIDAY
Florida’s Hurricane Preparedness, Sales-Tax holiday starts Friday, just in time for the start of the 2018 hurricane season. State and local sales taxes will be lifted on a list of disaster supplies from June 1st to June 7th. Some of the items Floridians can buy without paying sales taxes include portable self-powered light sources that…… MORE
DRONE SQUADRON TO HURLBURT
The Air Force says a drone squadron is coming to Hurlburt Field. The MQ-9 Reaper drone personnel have previously been assigned to New Mexico’s Cannon Air Force Base. The Hurlburt squadron is expected to be in place by late 2019, bringing an additional 60 personnel to the base. The unit coming to Hurlburt is a…… MORE
SUN PASS MAINTENANCE
Florida’s statewide SunPass toll system will be down for maintenance for a week from June 5th through June 11th. Motorists will still be able to use their SunPass transponders to access toll bridges, but anyone who needs to replenish their SunPass account online should do so before 7 p.m. June 5th to ensure they have…… MORE
SCHOOL DISTURBANCE ARREST
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office says the parent of a student at Baker School was arrested after he shoved Baker School Principal Mike Martello. On February 1st the school resource officer was called to the front office in response to a disturbance between Ricardo Espinosa and Mike Martello. The Principal told deputies he tried to…… MORE
MOTORCYCLIST FATALLY INJURED
The Florida Highway Patrol says a 29-year-old Pensacola was killed yesterday morning in a single vehicle crash on Interstate 110. Troopers say Michael Del Viscovo Junior was driving his motorcycle north on I-110 when he ran off the road at the Davis Highway exit ramp. Del Viscovo was fatally injured.… MORE
CRESTVIEW DOCTOR SUED
Five women have filed lawsuits alleging battery and sexual assault against Crestview-based doctor, Khalid Moussa. The plaintiffs were patients of Moussa, a gastroenterologist, and said they were fondled inside the offices of the North Okaloosa Physician Group. The dates of the assaults range from the summer of 2015 and to April, 2017. The victim’s attorney…… MORE
FORT WALTON BEACH HIT AND RUN FATALITY
The Florida Highway Patrol is asking for help in identifying the driver of Chevrolet Tahoe SUV that struck and killed a man in a wheelchair Saturday night, then fled the scene. Troopers say the 64-year-old Fort Walton Beach man was trying to cross Eglin Parkway near Irwin Avenue just before 8 p.m. when he was…… MORE
CRAB ISLAND BUSINESS OWNER CITED
As Tropical Storm Alberto approached the Okaloosa County, Stann Shipp decided to move his floating business – Waterworks, a floating concession stand and water sports rental shop – to safer waters, so he moored it in his Destin backyard. However, Shipp was issued a citation for violating a city ordinance that prohibits floating structures from…… MORE
ALBERTO
Subtropical Storm Alberto made landfall just west of Panama City Beach, around 4 p.m. yesterday with maximum sustained winds of 45 miles-per-hour. The storm is expected to steadily weaken as it moves inland and it is expected to become a subtropical depression. The storm was further to the east than first forecast which meant the…… MORE
