News Archive

A Navarre man was arrested Aug. 6 on charges he sexually assaulted a 6-year-old girl on three separate occasions, according to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office.

By most measures the quality of health care in Santa Rosa public schools is high, but that’s despite a relatively low ratio of registered nurses to the rising student population.

District 4 County Commissioner Rob Williamson is hosting his fourth annual countywide listening tour this summer. Residents are encouraged to attend one of three remaining meetings, held at a variety of times and locations, to discuss issues that impact the county as a whole. The next meetings will be:

Billows of smoke rose over rooftops in the Midway area Aug. 8 as flames spread throughout acres of wooded area east of River Birch Road and Clay Circle. The smoke was visible across Navarre.

Cats and kittens brought to the Santa Rosa County Animal Shelter have a nearly 90 percent chance of being euthanized, based on 2016 data from the shelter. This means that only one in 10 cats will leave the shelter alive.

Ethan Green had quite an adventure over the summer. One he won’t forget.

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFNS) — Air Force veteran Stacey Pavenski, 46, of Palm Bay, Florida, has post traumatic stress disorder, but she didn’t get it from serving in combat. It came from her husband’s combat struggles that drove him to take his own life in their bedroom, Sept. 18, 2017, while she was in the kitchen. He was 45.

Joint Base San Antonio – Lackland, Texas — The first squadron focused solely on recruiting Battlefield Airmen and combat support career fields stood up in a ceremony June 29 at the Medina Annex on Joint Base San Antonio – Lackland.

Patrons to TC’s Front Porch in Navarre got a shock last week when they left the restaurant and walked across the street to the neighboring Soundview Plaza shopping center to find that their cars were no longer there.

A project to deploy deep water “nearshore” artificial reefs has been tentatively scheduled to begin the week of Aug. 13.