News Archive

Any potential controversy about the new City of Gulf Breeze ordinance that prohibits medical marijuana sales outlets within the municipality’s borders ended with no one speaking up in a public hearing on the matter Monday night.

As the saying goes “when you got to go, you got to go” whether you are 1,500 feet out over the Gulf of Mexico or not.

When the U.S. Senate returns to Capitol Hill in September from its monthlong vacation, the members will be considering national issues such as reforming health care and rewriting the tax code.

Rinsing fresh vegetables can prevent intestinal infections, and that’s a good thing as instances of the foodborne parasite cyclospora are on the rise in Santa Rosa County.

Love them or hate them, more signs in the same style as the Navarre Beach welcome sign may be coming to Navarre along State Road 87.

Former long-time Florida Senator Greg Evers has died as a result of a car accident Monday in his hometown of Baker in Okaloosa County. The single vehicle accident occurred on Griffith Mill Road.

A Navarre man was arrested Friday on 10 counts of possession of child pornography, according to a Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE report). On Aug. 18, FDLE agents executed a search warrant at the home of Zachary Michael Morales, 31, after receiving a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). The search and subsequent forensic analysis uncovered images of child pornography on multiple computers, including some images kept in a folder named “school work.” Morales was booked into the Santa Rosa County Jail. He was released on $100,000 bond.

Americans own more pets than ever before – and that means they are spending more on their animals.

Nick Naylor earned the right to hunt alligators this year and he maximized the opportunity, teaming up with three of his good friends to capture a pair of gators, including one that was nearly 13 feet long.

Commander Mike Dorris of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Spectre Post 11367 announced the kick-off of this year’s VFW’s Voice of Democracy Scholarship competition, according to a VFW press release.