Month: August 2017

Teacher charged with resisting police officer

Written by Staff Reporters on August 31, 2017. Posted in Crime, News.

A fifth-grade teacher at West Navarre Intermediate School was arrested Aug. 24 on a charge stemming from an incident that took place in February, according to report from the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s office.

Stinging rebuke for Tourism Development Office

Written by Staff Reporters on August 31, 2017. Posted in News.

Santa Rosa officials have sidestepped the volunteer Tourist Development Council to revoke the county’s longtime membership in the state’s leisure industry marketing agency--Visit Florida--prompting a warning from state House Speaker Richard Corcoran.

Three school buses involved in two crashes in 48 hours

Written by Staff Reporters on August 31, 2017. Posted in News.

Three Santa Rosa County school buses were involved in two separate collisions Aug. 23 and 24.

Police searching for Gulf Breeze bank robber

Written by Staff Reporters on August 31, 2017. Posted in News.

The Gulf Breeze Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are investigating a bank robbery that occurred at Beach Community Bank located at 60 Northcliffe Drive in Gulf Breeze.

Florida’s death penalty is back

Written by Staff Reporters on August 31, 2017. Posted in News.

“Mr. Asay, do you have any final words?” the man in the suit asked. He had a small microphone leading from his ear down into the collar of his shirt and a Florida Department of Corrections pin shimmered on his lapel.

Day of firsts for Florida death penalty

Written by Staff Reporters on August 31, 2017. Posted in News.

Aug. 24 was a day of firsts for Florida’s death penalty and the last day for Mark Asay.

Phone scammers getting sneakier

Written by Staff Reporters on August 24, 2017. Posted in News.

Telephone con artists are getting more aggressive in finding victims hereabout, even placing calls to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office.

Gulf Breeze’s golf course legal fees top $1 million

Written by Staff Reporters on August 24, 2017. Posted in News.

The money-pit image of Tiger Point Golf Club is well known among taxpayers and officials in the City of Gulf Breeze, which owns the 375-acre property.

YMCA sees leadership shake up

Written by Staff Reporters on August 24, 2017. Posted in News.

After a high staff turnover summer, the Pullum Family YMCA started this week with a new executive director. Bill Seedes, executive director of the Bear Levin Studer YMCA branch in Pensacola, has taken over as interim executive director for the Navarre branch as of Monday.

Gulf Breezes enacts medical marijuana sales ban

Written by Staff Reporters on August 24, 2017. Posted in News.

Any potential controversy about the new City of Gulf Breeze ordinance that prohibits medical marijuana sales outlets within the municipality’s borders ended with no one speaking up in a public hearing on the matter Monday night.