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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.

Crown Point, Ind. (AP) — “I don’t think there’s a day I get up that I don’t think about something going wrong.”

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.

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.

San Diego (AP) — His lips turning blue and his face purple, the Navy SEAL trainee dressed in full gear was struggling to tread water in a giant pool when his instructor pushed him underwater at least twice — actions a medical examiner ruled Wednesday, July 6, made his death a homicide, not an accident.

According to a press release by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE),  agents arrested Michael David Braswell, 21, of 4536 Struth Lane, of Milton on Monday, July 11 on one count of promoting sexual performance by a child and one count of possession of child pornography.   

State and federal data show, Santa Rosa County law enforcement are understaffed and underpaid.

One woman is dead and another sustained a gunshot wound to the leg Monday after a shooting incident in Jay, Fla.

Although influential Florida Sen. Don Gaetz maintained a cautious public position as the City of Gulf Breeze pushed for more compensation for right of way to build the new Pensacola Bay Bridge, behind the scenes he advocated for the municipality’s quest.

Crystal methamphetamine and several firearms were seized by law enforcement Friday morning, July 8, during execution of a search warrant in Jay, Fla.