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A Santa Rosa County jury has awarded a $37,495,930 verdict to 28 plaintiffs affected by the 2021 Midway water crisis. Represented by Morgan & Morgan attorneys Mitchell Schermer, Benjamin Webster, Evin Dyess Childs, and Alexia Nyiri, the plaintiffs rejected pre-trial settlement offers, resulting in the multi-million-dollar verdict. In the Spring of 2021, a homeowner in […]

58 votes and .2 percent of the vote.

That is all that separates Kerry Smith from Jeff Ates in the Santa Rosa County Commission District 2 seat.

That .2 per cent of the vote is significant as an automatic recount is triggered when vote-getters are not separated by more than .5 percent of the vote.

Holley-Navarre Fire District recently promoted five firefighters to new positions.

At the Monday, Aug. 24, meeting of the fire commissioners, Nathan Pfrimmer, Brian Jackson, Austin Schlarb, Justin Kiley and Josh Hurley were all promoted. Pfrimmer is now a captain, while the other four now carry the rank of engineer.

The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office has agreed to return an additional $1 million to offset its increase in the upcoming fiscal year budget, County Administrator Brad Baker told Santa Rosa County Commissioners at a committee meeting Aug. 25.

The money would go into fund balance for commissioners to allocate at a later date, Baker said.

Late in the first quarter of Friday night’s game against Milton, the Navarre Raiders had energy and momentum on their side.

They scored on a trick play, with Brody Huston hitting Mason Hinson on a touchdown pass for a 7-0 lead at the 3:32 mark.

Navarre residents may soon have a new option for where they buy their chicken tenders.

A developer has submitted plans to Santa Rosa County Development Services to bring a Zaxby’s restaurant to the south side of Highway 98, just west of Costa Verde Court. Plans were submitted Aug. 31.

Home Depot may be coming to the Tiger Point area.

This summer, surveyors looked at a 16-acre parcel along Magnolia Manor Drive, just north of Highway 98.

State Sen. Don Gaetz said he will file legislation overhauling the Florida Department of Children and Families in the next legislative session, outlining 10 provisions at a news conference at the Santa Rosa County Courthouse on Sept. 4.

Pensacola State women’s soccer coach Mark Yepshin remembers when his Pensacola State women’s soccer team only had a practice field and had to play its home games at the Ashton Brosnaham Complex.

For about two years, Mariah Whitworth was in an abusive relationship.

Hurt, scared and feeling alone, she eventually found her way out with love and support from family, friends and Shelter House, a nonprofit organization that provides resources and shelter to victims of domestic violence. Now, she is working to help women who are in the same situation.