Hotelier Marilyn Hess hosted a groundbreaking Monday for the new seven-story SpringHill Suites on Navarre Beach and gave former District 2 Commissioner Jim Melvin full credit for bringing the project to fruition.
A 16-year-old Gulf Breeze resident is in critical condition after the Subaru Legacy he was driving had a “mechanical problem,” causing him to lose control.
Edgar Newton Doubleday, 19, of the 6900 block of Jasper Street in Navarre, was arrested June 4 on multiple charges, including a third-degree felony count of manufacturing, distributing or selling imitation drugs after witnesses said he mixed BC Powder and Anbesol to sell as “cocaine.”
The fire that destroyed a Summit Drive home June 7 was a result of arson, Kayla Anderson, spokesman with the state’s Fire Marshal’s Office, said last week. She said the department is investigating a “person of interest.”
The family of a Louisiana National Guardsman killed in the March helicopter crash in the Santa Rosa Sound has received approval for him to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
State legislators June 20 approved Florida’s budget, and Santa Rosa County is set to receive partial funding for some requests, including $2.75 million for Navarre Beach renourishment. District schools will receive an $8.2 million increase.
With one out of four U.S. doctors older than 65, the American Medical Association adopted a plan June 8 to help decide when it’s time for aging senior physicians to hang up the stethoscope.
Sandy Del Duca was mourning the death of her father when Lulu, a curly haired goldendoodle, came bounding down the stairs at the Ballard-Durand funeral home.
From the panting yellow Lab with the nasty ear infection to the quivering Siamese cat in need a nail trim, the Veterinary Treatment Facility at Dover Air Force Base is not as high-drama as one might expect.
In addition to its cosmopolitan downtown and top-rated beaches, Pensacola is also rich in history. Founded by Don Tristán de Luna y Arellano in 1559, it was the first European settlement in the continental United States; however, it failed to thrive under Spain’s rule. The country abandoned it only to return in 1698. France, which settled New Orleans, began encroaching upon Pensacola, and claimed it in 1722. But the Spanish took it back. And then, France burned it down.
