Sep 17, 2015
Grieving pet owners find loving support
Philadelphia (AP) — Amy Defibaugh was teaching her “Death and Dying” comparative-religion course at Temple University when her beloved 14-year-old border collie, Macey, died.
Sep 17, 2015
Run for the Reef remains popular event
The Run for the Reef has become a popular event at Navarre Beach and is expected to draw a large group of participants again this year.
Sep 17, 2015
Every Kid in a Park Initiative underway
A new youth initiative titled Every Kid in a Park is aimed at getting fourth-graders and their families to visit public lands and waters throughout the 2015-16 school year.
Sep 17, 2015
Fallen Special Tactics hero honored at squadron tribute
The coolest guy in the room. A knight and a warrior on the battlefield. A highly decorated combat veteran who went to great lengths to mentor young Airmen. Someone with a quick wit, an infectious laugh and a sense of humor that was “second to none.”
Sep 17, 2015
Sacred Heart among first to use new heart pump
Only 20 hospitals across the country have been given access to the world’s smallest heart pump, and Sacred Heart in Pensacola is one of them.
Sep 17, 2015
New research suggests a new low for healthy blood pressure
Gainesville, Fla. — Do you remember the last blood pressure reading from your annual physical? If your physician told you the reading was in the normal range, it might be time for a reassessment.
Sep 17, 2015
SWAT extricates GB man
The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) requested a police assist Sept. 8 at the 3200 block of Auburn Parkway in Gulf Breeze to verify the well-being of Gina Sosnowski and her child. Gina Sosnowski advised law enforcement and DCF that she is scared of her husband, Thomas, due to past threats he’s made to government agencies. According to Gina, he stated in the past to DCF that he was going to dismember DCF workers if they come to his house and he will throw their body parts into his neighbor’s yard. Thomas had padlocks put on the doors and Gina was scared he would lock her and DCF workers inside the home.
Sep 17, 2015
Navarre man pleads guilty to DUI Manslaughter
Keanu Medina, a Navarre man who crashed his Chevrolet Tahoe into a Jeep Liberty, killing the driver Gregory D. Winter of Gulf Breeze last July, has entered a guilty plea to DUI Manslaughter and DUI with Property Damage.
Sep 17, 2015
Local doctor arrested for battery, drug possession
Christopher B. Cave, 45, a family medicine physician with White Wilson in Navarre was arrested at 3:48 a.m. Sunday morning on charges of less than 20 grams of marijuana, and drug equipment possession as well as an alleged battery charge. Cave was released after posting bond just before 9 a.m. the same morning.
Sep 17, 2015
Holley-Navarre Middle teacher arrested again on battery charge
For the second time in five months, Lauren Wyatt West, a Holley- Navarre Middle School teacher, was arrested on a first-degree misdemeanor charge of battery Sept. 5.