News Archive

Hurlburt Field, Fla. — The Airman Leadership School staff introduced their newly-renovated building to approximately 150 Airmen during a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Aug. 17, here.

Hurlburt Field, Fla. – Two Special Tactics Airmen were killed at a vehicle checkpoint at a forwarding operating base when two individuals wearing Afghan National Defense and Security Forces uniforms opened fire on them, in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Aug. 25, 2015.

Taking a whole-person approach to helping people is what the Bindu Institute of Navarre prides itself on, and it is always coming up with ways to build off an approach that has been highly successful.

Florida’s Governor, Rick Scott has instructed the Office of Medicaid Program Integrity to begin auditing hospitals and plans to ensure there are no instances of fraud or abuse.  The audit involves 129 Florida hospitals, including Gulf Breeze Hospital and Santa Rosa Medical Center in Milton. 

Tallahassee, Fla. (AP) — Rodolfo Valladares wore the wrong hat to the wrong Miami bank while trying to cash a $100 check in a case of mistaken identity that’s led to a court battle over $3.3 million.

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.