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Jan 6, 2022

Meet Santa Rosa County attorney, Tom Dannheisser

After a year of internal transitions, Santa Rosa County has a new – and old – attorney in place. Tom Dannheisser, county attorney for more than 20 years, has stepped back into that role after serving as a county and circuit judge.

Jan 5, 2022

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Squadron warns of possible noise impact

The 823rd REDHORSE squadron will conduct monthly training January 6 consisting of approximately four detonations starting around 8 a.m.

Jan 5, 2022

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Fence project at Navarre will benefit school safety

There is a chain link fence now up between the football field house and Bennett C. Russell Stadium, and that is phase of one of a plan to make the Navarre High School campus a little more secure.

Jan 5, 2022

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Owner of missing bird: ‘My hopes are draining’

Leo is a 5-year-old green ring-necked parrot who usually lives with his mom Jeanna Barnes in Navarre, Florida, off Highway 399. On Dec. 29, Leo slipped out an open door, and still hasn’t returned home.

“I am heartbroken,” Barnes said, “He’s my sweet boy.”

Jan 5, 2022

Crime, News

Panama City man arrested for obscene communication

A Panama City was arrested in Santa Rosa County after we e k s – l ong obscene communications he allegedly had with a person he thought was a 13-year-old girl. He was on his way to meet the supposed 13-year-old in a Pensacola park, according to the Pensacola Police Department.

William Edward White, 42, was arrested and charged with using a twoway communication device to facilitate a felony, using a computer to seduce or solicit a child and misrepresenting his age, and traveling to meet after using a computer to lure a child.

Jan 4, 2022

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Eglin moves to Bravo-Plus, mandatory masks

Brig. Gen. Scott Cain, the 96th Test Wing commander at Eglin Air Force Base, imposes Health Protection Condition Bravo-Plus effective today to combat an increased spread of COVID-19 in local communities.

Jan 3, 2022

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Hotels and a Starbucks are in talks with county

Speculation over which national coffee shop chain was being considered for Navarre ended last month, when county officials met with a representatives for a Tennessee-based company to discuss plans for a “Starbucks Navarre.”

Jan 3, 2022

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Navarre Press owner and partner acquire Milton, Crestview papers

Effective January 2022, the Santa Rosa Press Gazette in Milton and the Crestview News Bulletin in Crestview are under new ownership.

Through a partnership between Sandi Kemp of Navarre Press and Todd Neves of Neves Media, the two papers will be two separate companies operated effectively immediately as a weekly print edition and a daily online website. Kemp, who founded Navarre Press more than 20 years ago, said the newspapers will focus on sharing local news, sports and feature coverage news important to each community.