Oct 9, 2024
Hurricane Milton expected to make landfall tonight or early Thursday morning
Hurricane Milton, now a category 4 storm, is expected to make landfall either late Wednesday evening or early Thursday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Oct 7, 2024
UPDATE: Hurricane Milton intensifies to category 5 storm
Hurricane Milton has rapidly intensified to a category 5 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Oct 7, 2024
End of Watch Memorial Ruck honors the 138 officers who died in 2023
Over the weekend, many honored law enforcement officers who lost their life in the line of duty last year by participating in the 2024 End of Watch Memorial Ruck.
Oct 7, 2024
Hurricane Milton up to category 4, landfall expected Wednesday evening or Thursday morning
Hurricane Milton is now a category 4 storm, increasing in intensity just after the National Hurricane Center’s 7 a.m. advisory.
Oct 4, 2024
‘Pill mill’ doctor amongst 12 charged for racketeering, drug trafficking
Dr. Elaine Sharp, the Gulf Breeze doctor at the center of an alleged pill mill operation, is behind bars. Sharp, 72, was booked into Escambia County Jail Thursday, Oct. 3, and transferred to Santa Rosa County lockup the next day. No charge was given on the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office’s Jail view website at the time, but Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced the charges Oct. 4.
Sharp is facing a slew of charges including murder, manslaughter, conspiracy to commit racketeering, unlawfully prescribing for monetary gain, unlawfully prescribing not medically necessary, conspiracy-trafficking oxycodone of 100 grams or more, conspiracy-trafficking hydromorphone of 28 grams or more, conspiracy-trafficking hydromorphone of 100 grams or more, and money laundering.
Oct 3, 2024
‘Pill mill’ doctor arrested in Escambia on homicide charges
Dr. Elaine Sharp, the doctor at the center of an alleged pill mill operation in Gulf Breeze, is behind bars. Sharp, 72, is being held in Escambia County Jail on no bond after she was booked into jail Thursday, Oct. 3, just after 1 p.m.
No charge was given on the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office’s Jail view website due to it being for an out-of-county warrant. According to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office, Sharp is being charged with two counts of homicide.
Oct 2, 2024
Sheriff vows to make anyone who threatens local schools ‘Facebook famous’
Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson said on Oct. 1 that he would make anyone who posted threats against local schools “Facebook famous.”
Oct 2, 2024
Gaetz: Non-binding referendum, not upcoming straw poll, needed to determine support for Navarre’s incorporation
Republican Senate candidate Don Gaetz said he will not support a bill for Navarre’s incorporation until a non-binding referendum is officially added to the ballot in Santa Rosa County and shows that a majority of residents are in favor of incorporating.
Oct 2, 2024
Woman critically injured after being hit in crosswalk on Gulf Boulevard
A 49-year-old pedestrian was critically injured when a vehicle hit her in the marked crosswalk on State Road 399 (Gulf Boulevard) last week.
Oct 2, 2024
Hotels in Navarre sell-out with Hurricane Helene evacuees in town
With Hurricane Helene barreling into the eastern part of the Florida Panhandle and the state’s Big Bend region, many Floridians in the storm’s path headed west for safety and shelter.