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Tallahassee, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s new high-stakes test , which came under fire after a chaotic rollout this past spring, is valid according to a new outside study released Tuesday.

The Holley Navarre Fire District will vote at their September 28 board meeting whether or not to approve a three-phase proposal from Florida-based Government Services Group, Inc. 

Deputies were called to a Gulf Breeze residence in Sterling Point Aug. 26, when a neighbor called saying she found Denise Hanein lying in her yard, saying Bryan Miller had attacked her.  Hanein was the landlord and explained the altercation ensued after her renter Bryan Miller, age 27, turned the air conditioning up. She asked him to turn it down as she couldn’t afford to pay for the increased utility bills. A physical tussle occurred when he grabbed her wrist after she told him to move out.  He refused to leave until he received his $700 deposit back, which she said she refused to do because he had not paid for utilities.  She was able to break free and went to her bedroom to call 911 where Miller then pushed her down on the bed, took her cell phone and left.

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP) — Florida Healthy Kids Corporation is blaming President Obama’s health care law after notifying parents that health insurance premiums will increase for thousands of kids starting next month, jumping from $140 to as high as $284.

The quickening pace of population growth in Santa Rosa County is testing law enforcement’s capacity, but meanwhile most crime categories are actually on the decline of late, especially in the fast-growing Navarre area.

About 1500 Navarre Beach residents who are eligible for the new $250 cap on their lease fees have missed the June 30 deadline to apply for them, costing some individuals hundreds or even thousands of dollars.

Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit announced the convictions of two Escambia County Assisted Living Facility employees for abuse and neglect. According to the investigation, Belie Brock Williams, 73, former Administrator for Kipling Manor, refused psychological nursing caregivers entrance to the facility. Due to this refusal, some residents did not receive care for approximately two to three weeks. Adrienne Taylor, 44, former assistant administrator of Kipling Manor, failed to perform as a caregiver by not protecting the residents from abuse and not assuring the residents received the prescribed nursing services.

The new non-profit agency formed to manage Northwest Florida’s share of the $1.5 billion in BP oil spill settlement funding has been formed, but it’s not yet functional.

A Gulf Breeze man died in a house fire on Ramblewood Drive Thursday morning.  Midway Fire District was the lead fire department on scene with assistance from Holley Navarre Fire District, City of Gulf Breeze Fire Department, Pensacola Beach Fire Department and Avalon Fire Rescue.

The challenges in recruiting uniformed police officers that have plagued some major metropolitan areas are new to Gulf Breeze.