On Palm Sunday of 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sighted land near St. Augustine on his journey to the New World. In honor of the holiday and the vast array of native plant life he observed, he dubbed it the “land of flowers,” or Florida in Spanish.
The Keller Williams Dream Team in Navarre is seeking applications to find two needy families to benefit from the realty company’s RED Day event to help spruce up neighborhoods.
Sage Offutt received a standing ovation inside the Capitol building in Tallahassee after Gov. Rick Scott praised the 14-year-old entrepreneur for her efforts in starting a thriving small business.
A new program is aimed at giving the chronically homeless of Santa Rosa and Escambia counties an opportunity to find permanent housing, and it could save taxpayers a few bucks in the process.
Denise Lockwood decided to move the 5K named in memory of her son to Navarre Beach this year. The previous two races in 2012 and 2014 had been held at the Navarre Youth Sports Association Complex.
Roman Jackson picked up a microphone at Bennett C. Russell Stadium Thursday night and told the crowd that Santa Rosa County Sherriff Bob Johnson was going to take part in one of the many drills K-9 units from across the Southeast practiced during the field trials in Gulf Breeze last week.
Juana’s Pagodas and Sailors Grill was packed and purple Friday night as community members wined and dined to raise funds for the Dravet Syndrome Foundation at “Wine and Dine for Dravet-In Honor of Charlotte.”
