Veterans Post and Auxiliary donate $43,000 to Special Operations Warrior Foundation
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Spectre Post 11367 and its Auxiliary presented a check for $43,000 to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation Sept. 22. Members of the post in Mary Esther have been fundraising for the foundation for seven years.
FBI probes United Way’s finances
Board directors at United Way of Santa Rosa have told the Milton-based charity’s outside auditor to assist the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which began looking into the organization’s finances earlier this month.
County halts car towing on right of way
Towing the cars of TC’s Front Porch patrons who park across the street from the restaurant will be stopped based on county policy, at least on the county-owned right of way.
Pier operations roiled by management dispute
Navarre Beach Fishing Pier operations are embroiled in a legal dispute following maneuvers by four of members of management company Growing Santa Rosa Enterprises LLC (GSRE) to remove managing member Kenneth Fountain.
Nursing home resident arrested for indecent exposure and battery
Deputies arrested a 73-year-old man from Bay Breeze Nursing Home in Gulf Breeze Sept. 13 for allegedly groping and harassing a fellow resident.
History making hurricane
Hurricane Michael will go down in history as one of the strongest hurricanes to hit the United States since Hurricane Andrew and is the strongest to hit the Panhandle of Florida ever. The Category 4 storm spun up so fast that weather forecasters had little time to get the forecast right. But early on the prediction models agreed that at some point the hurricane would take an eastward turn as it headed north in the Gulf. The question was when and where.
Ethics charge filed in Gulf Breeze mayor race
The election campaign for mayor of Gulf Breeze heated up with an ethics complaint filed last Friday against Patty Burke, who is challenging Mayor Pro Tem David Landfair.
4 inmates guilty of attack on guards
Four inmates were found guilty Oct. 11 of attacking three Santa Rosa Correctional Institute officers on New Year’s Day, meaning potential prison sentences exceeding 100 years for two of the perpetrators.
South Santa Rosa awarded two Impact 100 grants
Pensacola Bay Area Impact 100 broke the $10 million threshold of giving Sunday as the organization awarded 11 grants worth $100,300 apiece to nonprofits in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.
Fall months bring spike in activity among Florida’s largest land mammal
It’s a safe bet bears aren’t watching their figures in the fall and winter months.












