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The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 16 individuals following an undercover cyber-sex sting operation named Operation Wolf Hunter.  The sting was conducted in conjunction with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, several state law enforcement agencies, and the US Marshal Service Fugitive Task Force, all members of the North Florida Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. 

Tallahassee Fla.—Attorney General Pam Bondi today announced a $4 million multistate settlement with United Parcel Service, Inc., the world’s largest package delivery company, resolving allegations that its employees violated the false claims acts of 14 states, Chicago, New York City, and the District of Columbia by overcharging governmental customers on certain transactions.

At approximately 6:30 p.m. Sunday Oct. 25, Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a call at Waffle House on Navarre Parkway.

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office arrested Jacob James Brenner, a registered sex offender, Wednesday Oct. 21 on charges of obscene communication, computer pornography, and using a computer service to seduce or solicit a child. 

A 5-year old Oriole Beach Elementary kindergartner has died from an unconfirmed case of viral meningitis.  The school principal, Joshua McGrew, issued a letter to all parents of students in an effort to reassure them of their children’s safety.

Too much process and not enough progress to protect our precious coast.

Pensacola, Fla. — The Navy’s Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, will close the 2015 season at their annual Homecoming Air Show aboard Naval Air Station Pensacola on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 6-7.

Every Navarre citizen has driven on U.S. Highway 98 at one time or another. Its traffic in recent times due to construction has been a source of frustration; but its existence provides convenient transportation for everyone. More importantly, Highway 98 is a vital artery of revenue for Navarre and the surrounding cities. Each year, Highway 98 brings millions of dollars in business, tourist revenue, goods and services to Navarre. Without this highway, the development of Navarre would hardly have progressed to the state that it exists in to this day. While the actual Highway 98 came into existence in the 1930s, this important route along the coast of Northwest Florida may have been around much longer.

The pilots of a Black Hawk military helicopter that crashed last March, killing all 11 service members aboard, had disobeyed direct orders by flying into worsening weather, according to an investigation report.

The statistics are astounding.  According to Florida’s Long-term Care Ombudsman Program, nearly 60 percent of long-term care residents in Florida do not receive visits from family members and friends.  Unfortunately, that means that no one is looking out for their best interests when it comes to their health, safety, welfare and personal rights.