24-year-old Jacob McKinley of Navarre was killed Sept. 11 on U.S. 98 after a vehicle crossed into oncoming traffic and crashed into McKinley’s Ford Escape.
Warren E. “Charlie” Brown was memorialized Thursday, Sept. 11, by the naming of the very road that he traveled tirelessly while he was alive, serving and representing his community, Navarre.
Santa Rosa County officials have scheduled a series of town hall meetings to educate citizens about upcoming ballot referendums related to a proposed new county courthouse. Voters will decide during the Nov. 4 general election whether or not they support a 5-year one-cent sales tax increase to fund the proposed $50 million project.
Florida Governor Rick Scott is hoping more than 620,300 new private-sector jobs created since he took office will lead to his re-election. He’s on bus tour with other state leaders, campaigning on tax cuts and economic growth. The “Let’s Keep Working” campaign stopped Sept. 10 in East Milton, highlighting The Ropella Group’s success as an example of how the state economy is prospering.
The Navarre Incorporation feasibility study cost $27,500, property taxes could go up $100 per year and the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office will remain the presiding law enforcement agency if Navarre incorporated.
Local customers pay a 5-percent franchise fee on their electric utility bills. That money comes back to Santa Rosa County and adds up to roughly $6 million annually. Commissioners Sept. 11 decided to allocate a larger portion of that amount to district recreation budgets.
70-year-old Paul Frank Small, Jr. has been found guilty by a Santa Rosa County jury of two counts of sexual battery upon a child less than 12 years of age, lewd or lascivious molestation and lewd or lascivious exhibition in the presence of a child. Small was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences with an additional 15 year sentence.
A local carjacker has been sentenced to 20 years minimum mandatory in a state prison. 19 year old Brianna Nicole Armour used the social media website “tagged.com” to lure three victims into meeting her at which point she either stole or attempted to steal their car each time.
