Mar 31, 2016
Joint narcotics sting nets 17 arrests
A two-year joint narcotics operation dubbed “Operation Cagney & Lazer” in south Okaloosa County has nabbed at least 17 individuals and additional arrests are pending. One of the 17 arrested was a Navarre man, 54-year-old Eugene Klamer of Paloma Street. He has been charged with conspiracy to possess a controlled substance (cocaine) and illegal use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony.
Mar 31, 2016
County seeks recreational use of Whiting land
The shortage of land available to expand recreational facilities in Santa Rosa County is prompting commissioners to ask the Navy to let it use part of a vacant 300-acre parcel in a section of Whiting Field.
Mar 31, 2016
Huhman’s body recovered
On the eve of Good Friday, nearly seven weeks after he went missing, Senior Airman Keifer Huhman’s body has been recovered along the banks of the C&D Canal. While questions continue to surround his death, his family is thankful to have his body put to rest.
Mar 31, 2016
Carjacker runs deputy off road and into tree
A Milton man is behind bars under a $184,500 bond at the Santa Rosa County Jail after allegedly stealing a car and using it to run a deputy off the road and into a tree.
Mar 24, 2016
Dit Dot: Joy’s story of communication in an Alzheimer’s world.
Back in 2004 I met a crusty, disheveled man in our memory disorder clinic (West Florida Hospital Memory Disorder Clinic in Pensacola). His wife had called our clinic and asked for help dealing with his bizarre behavior. She told me about him locking her out of the bedroom and telling her to leave before his wife came home. He wouldn’t let her help him bathe or dress. She needed a wheelchair to get around. He drove and she navigated their car. She told me how he wanted to talk nonsense. “He does not know who I am and tells me to get out of our own home,” she said. His wife could not understand how that man had forgotten who she was. After all, they had been married 43 years.
Mar 24, 2016
Partnership brings cats into businesses to up adoption rates
Elkins, W.Va. (AP) — An Elkins animal shelter is collaborating with businesses in the region to provide temporary homes for resident cats, with hopes to increase adoption rates in the county.
Mar 24, 2016
Anniversary nears for Oriskany dive site
No plans are in place yet to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the reefing of the USS Oriskany in Pensacola, but there is no question the world’s largest artificial reef site has been a popular location for divers to explore in the last decade.
Mar 24, 2016
Veterans intervene to fill the gap
Investigator James O’Keefe’s video on veteran suicides for Project Veritas asks why an increasing number of military graveyards are being filled with people who died at their own hands rather than in combat. He asserts that VA is unable to treat the underlying causes of veterans’ emotional problems, depending on drug therapies which can mask the problems or have serious side effects that make matters worse.
Mar 24, 2016
Imported beef, pork will require no labeling
It pays for consumers to read food labels but that is now a murkier quest because the concern about chicken now extends to beef and pork originating from other countries. Assertive consumers’ efforts to determine where their food comes from was further complicated recently when the president signed the Omnibus Bill in December 2015 which rescinds Country Origin Labeling (COOL) requirements for beef and pork products.
Mar 24, 2016
5 Habits for a Lifetime of Good Eye Health
Most of us are familiar with the healthy habits necessary to promote a high quality of life – whether we put them into practice or not. What some may not realize is that many of these common-sense teachings not only prevent disease, they also keep vital organs, such as your eyes, in tip-top shape.