The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has given the greenlight for a traffic light at the intersection of Highway 98 and Ortega St. in Navarre.
County Commissioner Ray Eddington, who represents Navarre and Holley, said the news came Aug. 7 in an email from FDOT to his office. According to Eddington, the state agency launched another study of the intersection earlier this year at his request.
This week, U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz (FL-01) will introduce the “National Prayer in School Act.” This legislation, if passed, will allow students and staff to pray in school without fear of repercussion if they choose to engage.
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office recently saw two members of its K9 unit retire. K9s Dozer and Prince each are saying goodbye to police work after spending most of their lives in service to the county.
Dozer began with the Sheriff’s Office in a distinctive way.
“The first thing I noticed were his eyes, he had steel, clear blue eyes.”
Norm Chapman, a former Pensacola Police chief and detective, is probably best known for interrogating one of America’s most famous serial killers, Theodore Robert Bundy. Better known as Ted.
Santa Rosa County Commissioner Kerry Smith, a real estate agent, said last week the county can’t continue depending on property taxes to top off its general fund.
According to Environment America, a nonprofit environmental research and policy center, roughly one-half of America’s beaches had potentially unsafe contamination levels in 2022.
Out of 3,192 beaches, 1,761 experienced at least one day on which fecal contamination reached potentially unsafe levels.
Like father, like son. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Following in your father’s footsteps.
Whatever expression you want to use, Rev. David Morris, 36, certainly embodies it. Morris was named as the new lead pastor at Navarre United Methodist Church a few months ago and officially took over the position July 1.
On July 24, Navarre resident Doug Larson was walking along the Santa Rosa Sound when he stumbled upon a round, brown object. At first, he thought it might be a turtle.
Curious, Larson picked up what he presumed would be a shell but soon found out it was spherical. After thinking about it, he came to one conclusion: it must be a cannonball.
