UPDATE: The evacuation order has been lifted. ——————– Residents of Mary Kitchens Road and southeast of Mary Kitchens Road in the Garçon Point area should evacuate now due to a brush fire. Residents on any of the following roads should evacuate now: Residents are told not to wait and should not try to go back […]
During a week of training across the county in July, every member of the cafeteria and food service staff at Santa Rosa District Schools got an in-depth look at how their new employer, Chartwells, does business.
Navarre Beach Lifeguards is celebrating a milestone for its agency. Earlier this month, Senior Lifeguard Makayla Ludwick won a national championship in the swim rescue competition at the United States Lifeguarding Association (USLA) National Lifeguard Championships in South Padre Island, Texas.
A 54-year-old Navarre man was lifelighted with critical injuries after a crash on State Road 87 on Sunday, according to a report from Florida Highway Patrol. A Ford F-150, occupied by only the driver, was southbound on SR-87. For unknown reasons, the driver crossed the center median, traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of travel […]
After a decade in the custody of Florida State Hospital in Chattahoochee, Brandon Aydelott, 28, is heading to a “step down” facility per a judge’s order. He has been in the State Hospital following his killing of Sharon Aydelott, his mother, on Christmas Eve 2013.
On Thursday, Aug. 15, Aydelott appeared in court for the first time since March 26. The court proceeding was part of the reopening of Aydelott’s case, a process which began in 2022. The case was reopened to see about moving Aydelott from the State Hospital to a restrictive mental health treatment facility known as the Apalachee Center, located in Quincy.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is seeking participants to help identify images of eastern indigo snakes, listed as federally threatened, from a database of digital trail camera photos.
The company being paid to conduct a straw poll on Navarre’s incorporation has been around for over 100 years and has organized votes all around the country of varying sizes and scope. Preserve Navarre, which is pushing for Navarre’s incorporation, has hired Honest Ballot, a company out of New York that has organized elections since […]
Santa Rosa County is cracking down on boaters who tie their vessels to a county dock for extended periods of time, beyond the purpose of loading and unloading.
The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) issued a warning to drivers with Florida license plates that have been airbrushed, vinyl-wrapped, or customized. Such alterations violate the legal tag requirements under Florida law for reflectivity and safety enhancements and can potentially impact the yellow validation stickers. Driving on a public roadway with these altered plates is against the law and violates Section 320.061 in the Florida statutes, which prohibits the unlawful altering of a Florida license plate.
