News Archive

Three teenagers were arrested Aug. 23 in relation to a series of vehicle burglaries, according to a Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office report.

An Air Force officer stationed at Hurlburt Field died in a car accident in Texas Aug. 26, according to a press release from 1st Special Operations Wing public affairs.

Navarre residents received two tax notices in the mail this year. Santa Rosa County Property Appraiser Greg Brown sent out TRIM (Truth in Millage) notices of proposed ad-valorem taxes, but for the first time of his tenure he declined to send the Holley Navarre Fire Department (HNFD) assessment increase notices.

A fifth-grade teacher at West Navarre Intermediate School was arrested Aug. 24 on a charge stemming from an incident that took place in February, according to report from the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s office.

Santa Rosa officials have sidestepped the volunteer Tourist Development Council to revoke the county’s longtime membership in the state’s leisure industry marketing agency–Visit Florida–prompting a warning from state House Speaker Richard Corcoran.

Three Santa Rosa County school buses were involved in two separate collisions Aug. 23 and 24.

The Gulf Breeze Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are investigating a bank robbery that occurred at Beach Community Bank located at 60 Northcliffe Drive in Gulf Breeze.

“Mr. Asay, do you have any final words?” the man in the suit asked. He had a small microphone leading from his ear down into the collar of his shirt and a Florida Department of Corrections pin shimmered on his lapel.

Aug. 24 was a day of firsts for Florida’s death penalty and the last day for Mark Asay.

Telephone con artists are getting more aggressive in finding victims hereabout, even placing calls to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office.