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An Eglin Air Force Base captain was recognized Thursday for saving the life of a neighbor’s tiny baby who had stopped breathing.

Christopher A. Mavron and his wife, Pilar, were about to leave their Navarre home to head to a softball practice on the afternoon of May 23 when a neighbor ran out of her house calling for help.

Navarre local Ron Deveyra and the Aguado family from DeFuniak Springs held a car wash Saturday afternoon to help offset the funeral costs of Zaten Clark, the 5-year-old who drowned in Navarre exactly one week ago.

Incorporation effort grows in numbers More than 80 people turned out Sunday at St. Sylvester Catholic Church to learn more about efforts to incorporate Navarre. More information can be found at preservenavarre.com.

The Sertoma Family Fishing Rodeo turned out to be a success over the weekend.

The beginning work of a puzzle is laid out on sheet of cardboard on the counter, while other pieces, separated by color, are on a tray set out on the couch.

This is puzzle No. 130 for those keeping count, the latest challenge Clem Velutto has set out to conquer.

The recreational red snapper season in the Gulf of Mexico is underway.

Santa Rosa Republican Women is group of women that stand up for core Republican values in local and state government.

As mothers go, possums probably wouldn’t win any awards.

Baby possums ride on their mothers, but if one falls off, mom just keeps going.

That’s likely what happened to a young possum found in a basket of dirty laundry in a Fort Walton Beach garage last week.

Every 73 seconds an American is sexually assaulted, and every nine minutes that victim is a child, according to Rainn.org.

Eddie Gill IV had a lot of time to think during the shutdown last year that stemmed from the COVID-19 pandemic. What came to mind was an idea to take a boating trip to help promote outdoor opportunities for everyone regardless of race or color of skin.

Nearly a year later, the son of former NBA player Eddie Gill III, has seen his idea become a plan that is about to be put into motion.