Bill Davidson joined the Air Force in 1962, soon after graduating from Semmes High School near Mobile. By the time he retired in 1985 as a Chief Master Sergeant, he’d left footprints across the globe and volunteered, graduated, and taught at many of the toughest military survival training schools.
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office recently arrested the owners of Kirkham Kattery Rescue in Milton on charges of animal cruelty after 225 felines were removed from their residence. After removal, the cats were taken to the Santa Rosa County Animal Services facility where Dr. Natalie Dyson, a Navarre veterinarian, worked late into the night evaluating the animals.
Dressed in colorful clothing and ornate jewelry, a Samburu warrior came to speak to kids at the Gulf Breeze Zoo Sunday about his culture and his experience growing up in northern Kenya. Francis Lenyakopiro is a member of the African Samburu tribe, a nomadic people who raise cattle and live in huts.
By day, Meagan Ponder, Katie Glass and Beaux Judkins are mild-manner stylists at Studio 98 in Navarre, spending their time unassumingly cutting, curling and coloring hair. But when the darkness of night rolls in, their alto egos take over, and Mrs. Pounder, ImaBrawla and Hugh Jerrekshin roll out.
Like a scene right out of “Jack and the Beanstalk,” Navarre residents Matt and Sheila Rogers witnessed the phenomenal growth spurt of a Century plant that now towers with blooms in the backyard of their Sandstone Road home.
The newly formed Blackwater Chapter of the Blue Knights International recently rode to the highest point in Florida to honor officers killed in the line of duty.
Jay Carraway, 91, speaks rapidly. Short, to the point sentences carry no nail-biting emphasis on the carnage and destruction he witnessed at Pearl Harbor, that day of infamy, December 7, 1941, they speak volumes.
Two years ago amid budget constraints and after a canine suffered a career-ending injury, the Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office asked the community’s help to purchase more canines for their K-9 unit. The response was incredible with over $30,000 raised for the unit, which requires periodic animal replacement. Once again, the community is rallying to support for the award-winning K-9 unit. The Santa Rosa County Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Class is holding a golf tournament in August to help fund the purchase of another canine officer.
Retired Air Force Chief Angel Ortiz came home at 3 p.m. on Friday afternoon from babysitting his three grandchildren and found more than two feet of standing water in his back and side yard on Raider Lane in Navarre.
Driving down neighborhood streets in Navarre, one would never know that there is a cottage industry of raising backyard chickens for eggs unless you happen to know someone that is participating. Neighbors wouldn’t necessarily know because the majority of the owners don’t breed their chickens and therefore a rooster is not required. However, when you run into someone with chickens, you’ll notice they love to talk about them.
