Community Archive

A woman died Sunday, July 19, after being rescued from a house fire Saturday, July 18, in the 2100 block of Villa Street. The fire was reported just before 8 p.m.

The 911 caller told dispatchers the rear porch of a home was on fire and that numerous vehicles were in the driveway. By the time Battalion 40 with the Holley-Navarre Fire District arrived, the fire had already spread into the attic.

As the Blue Angels and other aerial acrobats took to the skies over the Emerald Coast this past weekend, one man sat in a stand on Pensacola Beach directing the entire event.

Paul Entrekin, a retired Marine and air show aviator, has been the air boss for the Pensacola Beach Air Show for 33 years.

Located in a strip mall on the north side of Highway 98 in Midway, Slidsters Tap House grew from owner Scott Day’s love of the American food staple.

Slidsters Tap House, which opened March 25, 2025, celebrated its first anniversary a few months ago and continues to grow, even as other restaurants struggle with the ebbs and flows of the economy.

Navarre Beach isn’t the normal stomping grounds of Pine Terrace Baptist Church, but it was the site of the church’s recent student beach worship night.

The Milton church brought more than 30 youth members to the beach Wednesday, July 15, for an event filled with fellowship and summer fun.

A crowd of a few dozen people brought their paddleboards, surfboards and love for John Starrett to Navarre Beach for a memorial paddle out Sunday, July 19.

This summer, the United States celebrated its 250th anniversary. To commemorate the milestone, Pensacola State College’s Anna Switzer Gallery has been showcasing an exhibit of 50 paintings depicting America’s military history.

George Wilson, the artist behind the paintings, is a Gulf Breeze-area resident.

While “Jaws” might have scared people away from the beach, sharks drew people to the Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center on Tuesday, July 14.

The center held a Shark Awareness Day event highlighting a predator found just off the Emerald Coast.

Destiny Worship Center in Navarre is hosting a back-to-school backpack giveaway this Saturday, July 18.

Lucas Smith, pastor at Destiny Worship Center, said the church desires for the children in the community to start school with all the necessary supplies for a successful school year.

Ascension Sacred Heart Navarre Emergency Room is holding an event to get families ready for school.

From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 1, the ER will host a ‘back to school’ event featuring local first responders, games for children, a bounce house, free children’s haircuts and school supplies.

Navarre residents John Starrett and Coby Thompson were full of love and life.

That is how nearly every friend and family member the Navarre Press spoke with described the couple, who died the night of July 2 in a motorcycle crash in Pensacola. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at mile marker 1 on Interstate 110 near the Pensacola Bay Center.