Oct 10, 2025
                
            
        
    
Navarre Beach Bridge toll stopped in its tracks
The proposed Navarre Beach Bridge toll died not with a bang, but with a whimper, at the Oct. 9 Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners meeting.
        
        
        
                
                
            
        
    
Oct 10, 2025
                
            
        
    
HNFD contends with Oct. 9 brush fire
A 150-feet-by-50-feet brush fire along the Santa Rosa Sound caught the attention of people living nearby, and soon after the Holley-Navarre Fire District, Thursday, Oct. 9.
        
        
        
                
                
            
        
    
Oct 10, 2025
                
            
        
    
Vault thrift store looks to move to new Highway 98 location
The Vault, a Gulf Breeze thrift store, has proposed moving to a new location along Gulf Breeze Parkway.
        
        
        
                
                
            
        
    
Oct 9, 2025
                
            
        
    
Navarre resident chronicles Turkey’s biblical heritage in book
Relics of the Bible and the early Christian Church aren’t just to be found in Israel, Egypt and Jordan, but Turkey as well. 
Turkey’s biblical points of interest are the subject of Navarre resident Rachel Coggin’s new book, “Exploring Turkey’s Biblical Heritage: An Inspirational and Historical Travel Guide.”
        
        
        
                
                
            
        
    
Oct 7, 2025
                
            
        
    
School safety director charged with battery after investigation
A Santa Rosa County District Schools employee was arrested for battery after he allegedly rubbed another employee’s shoulder against her will. 
Daniel Hahn, 59, was booked into Santa Rosa County Jail Tuesday, Oct. 7, around noon.
        
        
        
                
                
            
        
    
Oct 7, 2025
                
            
        
    
Prosecutors seeking death penalty for suspect in kidnapping, death of Cassie Carli
Marcus Spanevelo, the suspect in the kidnapping and death of Navarre mom Cassie Carli, could land on death row in a federal prison.
        
        
        
                
                
            
        
    
Oct 7, 2025
                
            
        
    
Santa Rosa County Animal Services to host Community Cat Day in Tiger Point
Santa Rosa County Animal Services (SRCAS) is hosting its first-ever Community Cat Day in Tiger Point for Santa Rosa County residents on Thursday, Oct. 16, at the Tiger Point Community Center, 1370 Tiger Park Lane. This event will offer free spay/neuter services for up to 30 stray/feral cats.
        
        
        
                
                
            
        
    
Oct 7, 2025
                
            
        
    
Mexican national sentenced to federal prison for stealing identity of U.S. citizen
Alfredo Mendoza Montero, 45, of Mexico, was sentenced to two years and one day in federal prison after having pleaded guilty to charges of passport fraud, false impersonation of a citizen, and aggravated identity theft. The sentence was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
        
        
        
                
                
            
        
    
Oct 6, 2025
                
            
        
    
New paintjob comes to Senior Center
E.H. Pullum Senior Center has a new shine thanks to Pirates on the Panhandle. 
The social club, which donated a laptop to the senior center a couple months ago, gave the center a fresh coat of paint this past month.
        
        
        
                
                
            
        
    
Oct 6, 2025
                
            
        
    
Holley Navarre Water System preparing for 56th Annual Meeting
The Holley Navarre Water System Inc. (HNWS) will hold its 56TH Annual Membership Meeting and Election of Directors on January 20, 2026, in the Corporate Office, Board Room, at 8574 Turkey Bluff Road.
        
        
        
                
                
            
        
    





