After an armed robber held up the Circle K convenience store on Cervantes Street in Pensacola, a high-speed chase ensued, resulting in two separate car crashes, both involving Gulf Breeze police cruisers.

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A Navarre man died Sunday night, succumbing to injuries he sustained in a vehicle accident near U.S. Highway 98 earlier that evening.

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 Locker and parking permits sales begin at 10 am Monday for Seniors and Tuesday for Juniors. Locker sales for Sophomores begin at 10 am on Wednesday. Class schedules will not be available for student pick-up on these dates. If student schedules become available for release before the first day of school, a call out will be made.

Despite widespread anxiety regarding school grades, Santa Rosa County schools are once again on top.

The Florida Department of Education released school grades today.  The grades were long overdue, mostly due to problems scoring the Florida Comprehensive AssessmentTest, or FCAT.  The FCAT serves as the foundation for school grades, which is a system intended to reward high-achieving schools and help correct those who are lagging behind.

According to Bill Emerson, assistant superintendent for cirriculum and instruction for the Santa Rosa County School District, schools in Santa Rosa County have improved.  In some cases, the change was drastic.

All the schools in the south-end received an "A" grade.

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