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There are 13,600 children who face food insecurity in the county, according to Santa Rosa County District Schools. That doesn’t include those whose families struggle to afford necessities like clothing. Rather than sitting by and saying too bad, school board member Linda Sanborn has started a new program to address the needs of those students who may not have what they need to be successful in the classroom and in life.

For nearly an hour of the more than three and half-hour school board meeting earlier this month, concerned citizens, most of which were with Moms For Liberty members, spoke on the appropriateness of certain books in Santa Rosa District Schools and questioned the process by which parents can make decisions about the reading material available to their children. Moms for Liberty claims that there at least 28 books found on the Santa Rosa District Schools website that had sexually explicit or culturally indoctrinating language in them. The group provided three examples including “A Court of Thorns and Roses” by Sarah J. Maas and “Triangles” by Ellen Hopkins, both of which have been targeted by other Moms for Liberty chapters.

No one loves you. No one cares about you. If you were to disappear, no one would look for you. You should give up. Those were the deep-cutting words spoken many years ago by the voice in the head of Reggie Dabbs, who was wide awake at 3 a.m. crying in his bedroom.

Which would be better for Tiger Point’s future, more houses or a passive park, possibly leading to a sound-side tiki bar and pier, with a regular ferry to Portofino Towers on Santa Rosa Island?

Recycling in Santa Rosa County has been on hold since April 14, 2023 due to a staffing shortage at Emerald Coast Utilities Authority’s Materials Recycling Facility.

Santa Rosa County Code Enforcement has publicly declared the structure at 2657 Salamanca St. in Navarre a nuisance and unsafe, unsanitary or unfit for human habitation. The notice was delivered and posted on the property April 18, 2023. The property is the location of the murder of 43-year-old Toby Hill on April 7, 2023. On that Friday, deputies responded to a reported shooting and found Hill with a gunshot wound. EMS responders later pronounced him dead.

Emma Wright admits she wasn’t a huge fan of high school as a freshman. Her enrollment in the Experimental Science class at Navarre last year changed everything.

About 800 people enjoyed beautiful spring weather at the 11th Autism OdysSea event Saturday at Navarre Beach. The Navarre Beach Marine Science Station, sponsors and volunteers go all out each year to provide a place for families with special needs children can enjoy some fun, educational events and enjoy socializing in a friendly, supportive atmosphere.

The American Red Cross of North Florida is hosting a Shelter Fundamentals and Simulation event at noon Saturday, May 13. The event will be held at the Clyde L. Gracey Community Center, 5629 Byrom St. in Milton. Potential evacuation shelter volunteers, observers, and partners are welcome to attend by registering online.

Meet Soman, a rare male greater one-horned rhino, also known as an Indian rhino, who lives at the Gulf Breeze Zoo.

He just turned 18 years old and is one of only about 4,000 Indian rhinos in the world today. These rhinos are poached for their horn, which is made out of keratin.