Nov 19, 2015
Can You Prevent Diabetes?
When a physician returns a diagnosis of pre-diabetes, that should inspire patients to take immediate action.
Nov 19, 2015
New Santa Rosa strategy to ward off stormwater
Six years in the making with input from dozens of Santa Rosa County residents, emergency officials and engineers, the new Local Mitigation Strategy poses 45 ways to reduce the impact of flooding: from landscaping low areas for better drainage to requiring that new construction be elevated.
Nov 19, 2015
Expired tag leads to drug charges
Christopher Alexander Lindsay of Navarre was stopped by Gulf Breeze Police for an expired tag on Sunday, Nov. 15. The police report filed says that when the officer asked for Lindsay’s driver license, he said he didn’t have it. Through a system check, the officer discovered that Lindsay’s license was revoked for 60 months in 2013 for being a habitual traffic offender.
Nov 19, 2015
Traffic stop leads to marijuana bust
On Tuesday, Nov. 10 a Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office deputy made a traffic stop on U.S. Highway 98 at the Santa Rosa County South Annex on a car with an expired tag and inoperable tail lights.
Nov 19, 2015
72 become citizens during ceremony at NAS Pensacola
The number of Americans has increased by 72.
Nov 19, 2015
Daniel Lee held on robbery charges
Daniel Ferry Lee of Cantonment has been transferred to the Santa Rosa County Jail and is being held without bond on charges stemming from a robbery at knife-point of the Underwood Food Store on Highway 87 South Tuesday, Nov. 10. He is currently facing multiple felony charges including fleeing without disregard of safety to persons or property, assault on an officer, and robbery with a weapon.
Nov 19, 2015
Heated commissioners’ meeting on courthouse
Santa Rosa County officials have discussed building a new courthouse for more than two decades.
Nov 19, 2015
Zoning precedent to be set in used car lot query
Concerns about the planned expansion of Navarre Auto Depot on Highway 87 South are leading to a decision over the standard for parking-lot surfaces in the Heart of Navarre business district.
Nov 12, 2015
Assisted-living community changes hands
The Blake of Gulf Breeze formally changed ownership on July 31, and with it came a new management company, Superior Residences Senior Living. The assisted-living community’s new name is The Beacon. Formerly owned and operated by Blake Management Group, the facility was sold to CNL Healthcare Properties based out of Orlando, Fla.