News Archive

A Navarre woman was arrested Thursday morning, July 21, in connection with a “selfie war” involving photos of the woman with unconscious patients of Okaloosa County EMS.

In a press release issued by the State Attorney’s Office, Bill Eddins announced that Daniel Ferry Lee, III, 31, of Cantonment entered a plea of guilty to robbery and fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement at high speed. He was sentenced to 15 years in state prison as a Prison Releasee Reoffender.

Never mind, maybe for several months, perhaps not until 2017.

She has finally arrived.

After five years of building and preparation, The Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center’s (NBSTCC) newest resident, Gigi the adult female loggerhead sea turtle, moved into her new 15,000 gallon tank Wednesday, July 20.

For more than 50 years the Council on Aging of West Florida’s Senior Companions program has had a positive impact on the lives of the elderly in the area.

Teddy, a Cavalier King Charles spaniel, was on the run in Navarre for four months before being reunited with his human mom and dad, John and Nancy Robertson of Cape Cod, Mass.

On a hot and humid July afternoon Lori Bell and a handful of volunteers for the Audubon Society were on the Navarre Beach Causeway as traffic rolled past them.

July is Military Consumer Protection Month, and Commissioner Adam H. Putnam is providing tips for Florida’s 1.6 million veterans and 65,000 active-duty military members to protect themselves against fraud. Military Consumer Protection Month is a national effort to raise awareness about common scams and how active-duty military, veterans and their families can avoid them.

Hurlburt Field, Fla. — Air Force Special Operations Command has released the results of an accident investigation that examined what caused the death of two Air Force special tactics airmen during a Military Free Fall training incident on Aug. 3, 2015, near Hurlburt Field, Fla.

Hurlburt Field, Fla. — For the third time since its activation in 2012, the 24th Special Operations Wing welcomed a new commander during an assumption of command ceremony here July 14. Lt. Gen. Brad Heithold, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command presided over the ceremony in which Col. Michael Martin assumed command of the sole Special Tactics wing in the Air Force.