May 18, 2017
Some oversight volunteers feel ignored
Although a citizens group is supposed to oversee how the county’s new half-cent local option sales tax is spent, some members of that panel say the real decisions are being made without their input.
May 18, 2017
Mom’s killer seeks life insurance payout
On Christmas Eve of 2013, Brandon Aydelott, a 17-year-old boy suffering from schizophrenia-induced hallucinations, beat and stabbed his mother to death in the doorway of her Gulf Breeze home.
May 18, 2017
First sea turtle nest on Panhandle this season
Turtle Patrollers were in for a big surprise early Saturday morning. The first sea turtle of Navarre’s nesting season has laid her eggs this Mother’s Day weekend, and this new momma made another first.
May 11, 2017
Fire districts inch toward consolidation
A meeting at Midway Fire District was held Thursday to discuss a feasibility study for consolidating Navarre Beach Fire Department, Holley Navarre Fire District and Midway.
May 11, 2017
Man arrested for coercing boys to steal
A Milton man has been charged with armed robbery, stealing a firearm and coercing two 14-year-old boys to burglarize vehicles.
May 11, 2017
Fire district secretary charged with stealing from pension fund
Melissa Ann Severt, 44, of the 1900 block of Constitution Drive, has been arrested on charges of fraud/swindle and larceny.
May 11, 2017
Meth trafficker sentenced to 10 years
Drug trafficking and possession have landed a Milton man in prison for 10 years.
May 11, 2017
State could gain control of Garcon Point tolls
The first steps toward a state purchase of Garcon Point Bridge and the authority to reduce or eliminate tolls have been taken by the Florida Legislature.
May 11, 2017
LOST direction found
County Commissioners seem a little less lost on the LOST (local option sales tax) following Monday’s regular meeting after newly hired assistant county administrator Dan Schebler provided a less structured solution.