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Over the weekend, many honored law enforcement officers who lost their life in the line of duty last year by participating in the 2024 End of Watch Memorial Ruck.

Hurricane Milton is now a category 4 storm, increasing in intensity just after the National Hurricane Center’s 7 a.m. advisory.

Dr. Elaine Sharp, the Gulf Breeze doctor at the center of an alleged pill mill operation, is behind bars. Sharp, 72, was booked into Escambia County Jail Thursday, Oct. 3, and transferred to Santa Rosa County lockup the next day. No charge was given on the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office’s Jail view website at the time, but Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced the charges Oct. 4. Sharp is facing a slew of charges including murder, manslaughter, conspiracy to commit racketeering, unlawfully prescribing for monetary gain, unlawfully prescribing not medically necessary, conspiracy-trafficking oxycodone of 100 grams or more, conspiracy-trafficking hydromorphone of 28 grams or more, conspiracy-trafficking hydromorphone of 100 grams or more, and money laundering.

Dr. Elaine Sharp, the doctor at the center of an alleged pill mill operation in Gulf Breeze, is behind bars. Sharp, 72, is being held in Escambia County Jail on no bond after she was booked into jail Thursday, Oct. 3, just after 1 p.m. No charge was given on the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office’s Jail view website due to it being for an out-of-county warrant. According to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office, Sharp is being charged with two counts of homicide.

Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson said on Oct. 1 that he would make anyone who posted threats against local schools “Facebook famous.”

Republican Senate candidate Don Gaetz said he will not support a bill for Navarre’s incorporation until a non-binding referendum is officially added to the ballot in Santa Rosa County and shows that a majority of residents are in favor of incorporating.

A 49-year-old pedestrian was critically injured when a vehicle hit her in the marked crosswalk on State Road 399 (Gulf Boulevard) last week.

With Hurricane Helene barreling into the eastern part of the Florida Panhandle and the state’s Big Bend region, many Floridians in the storm’s path headed west for safety and shelter.

The Tourist Development Council (TDC), which is the county board responsible for directing the Tourist Development Office (TDO) and their plans, has released initial conceptual plans for a new visitor center and boardwalk along the Gulf side of Navarre Beach. The boardwalk, which will be built in two phases, will feature eight retail shops and stretch from the Navarre Beach main parking lot (near Windjammers on the Pier) to the Dolphin Pavilion in the Navarre Beach Marine Park. The eight shops will be in four buildings.

Santa Rosa Medical Center is partnering with a nonprofit to ensure young adults with disabilities make the transition from school to the workforce.