Jul 21, 2016
Special Tactics wing changes command
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.
Jul 21, 2016
Defense: Evaluation finds Aydelott competent to stand trial
After three years, 20-year-old William Brandon Aydelott may finally stand trial for the brutal Christmas Eve murder of his mother Sharron Aydelott.
Jul 21, 2016
Sales-tax allies distance themselves from courthouse
Sensing voter resistance to a new county courthouse in Milton, the business community group that supports an additional Santa Rosa sales-tax plans to promote only the Aug. 30 ballot measure about paying for other infrastructure.
Jul 21, 2016
Commission approves pier contract extension
The occasionally wobbly agreement to run the Navarre Beach Pier that Coastal Concessions has with Santa Rosa County has been extended by commissioners through 2017.
Jul 21, 2016
Patrol car involved in collision
A Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office patrol car was involved in a fender bender at approximately 3 a.m. Wednesday morning on Highway 87.
Jul 21, 2016
Gulf Breeze man arrested for child pornography
Agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement today arrested Nathan Anthony Christensen, 20, of 1255 Bayview Lane in Gulf Breeze on 10 counts of possession of child pornography.
Jul 21, 2016
Beach Park developer considers marina
After several weeks of insisting that Santa Rosa County commissioners amend the lease on 5.7 acres in Navarre Beach Marina Park so he can build condominiums, developer Victor Deal is researching the market for a dry-storage marina there instead.
Jul 14, 2016
Crown Point couple plays waiting game with Alzheimer’s
Crown Point, Ind. (AP) — “I don’t think there’s a day I get up that I don’t think about something going wrong.”
Jul 14, 2016
Council on Aging chills out for a good cause
Ann Constance walks out of the Lowe’s store in Gulf Breeze carrying a brand-new air conditioner, which isn’t an uncommon sight during a Florida summer when the outdoor temperature makes it feel as if you are inside a sauna.
Jul 14, 2016
Pier fishing offers simple and relaxing experience
James Bodison totes a cart loaded with a cooler, fishing rods and the other necessary items, such as bait, a tackle box, weights and sinkers needed to make his day of fishing off the Navarre Beach pier a successful one.