According to an announcement made by Santa Rosa County, recycling services will be at a standstill for at least four to six months, beginning Jan. 4. While the decision has left residents frustrated, the county says there was no other cost-effective option at this point.
Keanu Medina of Navarre was sentenced to 10.38 years in a Florida Department of Corrections prison facility. According to information provided by State Attorney Bill Eddins’ office, the first four years are a minimum-mandatory sentence. Following his release from prison, Medina was ordered to serve four years of probation. His driver’s license was suspended for life.
In a disturbing report by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, 59-year-old Michael Joseph Hellen of Fort Walton Beach has been charged with molesting a teenage girl younger than 16 but older than 12.
In an email obtained by Navarre Press, Holley-Navarre Water System Executive Director Billy Sublett addressed his Board of Directors regarding the contentious decision he made in purchasing new health insurance and, in effect, doubling the Health Savings Account (HSA) payments.
Chicago (AP) — Irwin Weiner felt so good after heart surgery a few weeks before turning 90 that he stopped for a pastrami sandwich on the way home from the hospital. Dorothy Lipkin danced after getting a new hip at age 91. And at 94, William Gandin drives himself to the hospital for cancer treatments.
From puppies who’ve just been welcomed into the family, to loyal companions who’ve been providing happiness for years, Americans take serious pride in canine family members.
No charges are being filed against Ronald Bliss of Birmingham Drive in Navarre for killing three dogs. All reports indicate he was protecting his chickens from being attacked by the dogs in his yard.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission commends Seminole County on its unanimous vote Tuesday to approve an ordinance that will help deter bears from lingering in Seminole County neighborhoods. The ordinance requires residents to take precautions to remove food attractants such as unsecured garbage and encourages the use of bear-resistant trash receptacles.
Hurlburt Field, Fla. — One of the last surviving Doolittle Raiders visited Air Commandos here Dec. 9.
Retired Lt. Col. Richard E. Cole, co-pilot to Lt. Col. James H. “Jimmy” Doolittle during the Doolittle Raid, was at the 319th Special Operations Squadron for a Q&A session.
Hurlburt Field, Fla. — The Department of Defense named the 801st Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron the 2015 winner of the Phoenix Award for Maintenance Excellence, during this year’s secretary of defense awards ceremony held Dec. 8.
