Jan 7, 2016
KC-135s surpass 100,000 combat hours
Al Udeid Air Base, (AFNS) — The KC-135 Stratotanker fleet at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, flew more than 14,700 sorties in 2015, accumulating 103,419 combat hours in support of Operations Inherent Resolve and Freedom’s Sentinel.
Jan 7, 2016
Airman keeps serving after overcoming rare cancer
Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska (AFNS) — “Death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back.” — Maximus
Jan 7, 2016
Pier pressure relief
Pier managers, Scott Rayner and Stephanie Maddox addressed the county commissioners Monday. Management company, Coastal Concessions, (Coastal) is current on the admission fees owed Santa Rosa County and is seeking equitable relief on portions of their pier maintenance contract with Santa Rosa County. County Commissioner Rob Williamson met with Coastal prior to the Monday meeting to talk through the proposed changes in the way the county is doing business with its pier partner, Coastal.
Jan 7, 2016
Okaloosa investigator spots fraud suspects in parking lot
Two Georgia residents suspected of shopping with credit card numbers stolen from members of Eglin Federal Credit Union are behind bars after an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigator working the crimes spotted them in a parking lot.
Jan 7, 2016
Gambling, guns, tax cuts and more facing Florida lawmakers
Tallahassee, Fla. (AP) — The Legislature will begin its annual session early this year with the hopes of avoiding the chaos and dysfunction that marked the 2015 session and three special sessions that followed.
Jan 7, 2016
Lindsay enters ‘not guilty’ plea
Christopher Lindsay, the man accused of murdering Gulf Breeze resident Lorie Musil on Nov. 20, entered a written plea of ‘not guilty’ at his arraignment Monday, Jan. 11.
Jan 7, 2016
High court: Florida death penalty system is unconstitutional
Washington (AP) — Florida’s unique system for sentencing people to death is unconstitutional because it gives too much power to judges — and not enough to juries — to decide capital sentences, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
Jan 7, 2016
Gulf Breeze man sentenced to 20 years
According to State Attorney Bill Eddins’ office, Shawn Thomas Stuller, 27, of Gulf Breeze was sentenced to 20 years in state prison as a habitual felony offender.
Jan 7, 2016
Recycling cost prohibitive says county
The Dec. 16 announcement by Santa Rosa County that recycling services would no longer be available led to a community outcry for the county to find a resolution. The past agreement was for waste service providers to pick up customers’ recycling at curbside and transport it to Central Landfill for pick-up by Emerald Coast Utilities Authority to transport it to a recycle processing center. ECUA did not charge the county for transportation of the recyclables and the county did not receive any proceeds from the recyclables given to ECUA.
Jan 7, 2016
Growth-management strategies meeting to address county schools
The Santa Rosa County School Board will conduct a workshop with the county commissioners at the Russell Center on the Locklin Technical Center campus Thursday, Jan. 21 at noon in order to discuss growth-management strategies for the Santa Rosa County School District. Last year in April, in order to solve problems caused by overcrowding within the school systems of Santa Rosa County, School Board Superintendent Tim Wyrosdick put forth a rezoning proposal for nine Pace area schools. However, in a narrow 3-2 vote, the school board rejected this proposal.