Dec 10, 2015
As new cases of diabetes are on the decline, a new drug emerges to treat diabetes-related vision loss
A new report from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention shows that new cases of diabetes fell by nearly 20 percent between 2008 and 2014. It is the first prolonged decline in more than 25 years. In and of itself, diabetes is an illness that requires constant management, and despite best efforts, an unfortunate derivative of diabetes can be vision loss.
Dec 10, 2015
Holley-Navarre Water to vote on new proxy for 2017
The Holley-Navarre Water System is set to change the proxy system by which board members are elected at next Tuesday’s board meeting.
Dec 10, 2015
FDLE relaunches “If You See Something, Say Something™” campaign
In the wake of recent terror attacks, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is relaunching the “If You See Something, Say Something™” campaign.
Dec 10, 2015
Tough Mudder deal criticized by tourism leaders
Santa Rosa County officials now concede that there was no effort to negotiate before agreeing to pay Tough Mudder Inc. a $110,000 subsidy in return for staging its military-style endurance event near Milton next April.
Dec 10, 2015
Potential buyers beware on Craigslist ad
A Mary Esther man is facing multiple charges after posting a Craigslist ad to sell a metal storage building on Lakewood Drive that he didn’t actually own.
Dec 10, 2015
Pedestrian struck by vehicle cited for violation
On Wednesday, Dec. 2 Sean Philip Sadler, 28 of Navarre was airlifted to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola after being struck by a Ford Explorer while he was rollerblading on Edgewood Drive.
Dec 10, 2015
Gulf Breeze man arrested for sexual assault
In a harrowing story of sexual assault, Christopher Calamis was arrested Dec. 2 on those charges and more, including felony battery and false imprisonment for an incident that occurred in Fort Walton Beach.
Dec 10, 2015
DNA evidence leads deputies to burglar
A Navarre man with a 10-year criminal history was arrested for burglary after DNA left at the scene led Okaloosa County deputies to him. Alonzo Borum of Chaparral Street in Navarre is accused of committing a burglary at a Fort Walton Beach residence on Aug. 26, 2014, more than a year ago.
Dec 10, 2015
Pier manager and county spar over money
Financial woes enveloping the Navarre Beach Pier manager, Coastal Concessions, are prompting Santa Rosa County officials to demand two months of past-due admission fees by Dec. 11 amid questions about whether the company’s previous payments were properly used.
Dec 10, 2015
Still no site picked for new courthouse
Downtown Milton has emerged as the most likely site for the proposed new Santa Rosa County courthouse if the challenges of environmental permitting and stormwater control at the low-lying locale can be met.