Santa Rosa County Commissioners April 9 presented a proclamation recognizing April as Child Abuse Prevention Month to the board of Santa Rosa Kids’ House, a local organization aimed to help abused and neglected children.
George Conover sat in a chair under a tree on his Gulf Breeze property Tuesday afternoon and enjoyed a long journey down memory lane, recalling a life that has spanned nearly a century.
The stray dog was hit by a car, clubbed in the head and left for dead in a ditch in Washington state. Days later, the 1-year-old bully breed mix showed up sickly and covered in dirt at a nearby farm.
Five generations of Philip Vinson’s family have labored using tongs to pull oysters from Apalachicola Bay’s shallow waters. He fears there won’t be a sixth.
Clinton Hale, an Air Force veteran from Mary Esther, is participated in the 29th National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic, March 29 to April 3, in Snowmass, Colo.. Co-sponsored by Disabled American Veterans and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the clinic is a world-leader in adaptive winter sports instruction for veterans with severe injuries and illnesses.
A 2005 Fort Walton Beach High School graduate and Mary Esther native is serving on one of the world’s largest warships, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan.
The White-Wilson Community Foundation (WWCF) awarded the Florida Department of Health-Santa Rosa County with a check for $12,000 at the March 27 Navarre Chamber Commerce and Coffee.
Coastal Vascular & Interventional, PLLC is offering a new minimally-invasive procedure to treat peripheral artery disease (PAD) in the upper leg, a serious and common condition associated with an increased risk for heart attack and stroke. Recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration, drug-coated balloons are a new type of medical device used to treat PAD in the upper legs once medical management has failed. Dr. Christopher Bosarge, board certified interventional radiologist, performed the first procedure at Coastal Vascular & Interventional on March 26.
