A 43-year-old Gulf Breeze man was convicted June 26 on charges of kidnapping and sexual battery relating to an incident on Pensacola Beach. State Attorney Bill Eddins announced that Bret Randall May was convicted by a jury in Escambia County Circuit Court. May faces a life sentence.
If you were impacted by floodwaters from the April 29 storm, you have only until 10 p.m., July 7 to apply for disaster assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). All FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers in northwest Florida have closed, but applications can still be made online at disasterassistance.gov or by calling 800-621-3362.
Florida Department of Transportation officials (FDOT) briefed the Santa Rosa County Board of Commissioners June 26 about a study of a six-mile corridor on U.S. 90 along which two proposed future courthouse sites are located. Commissioners also took action on several other matters, including approving a recycling services contract.
A $1.8 million stormwater project that is designed to make Gulf Breeze neighborhoods less vulnerable to floods started with a ceremonial groundbreaking June 25 in Williamsburg Park. The project is being funded from a settlement between the US Department of Justice and MOEX Offshore, one of the owners of the offshore oil rig that exploded, creating the Deepwater Horizon spill.
The Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) reported that children under the age of five had the highest rate for fireworks related injuries in 2013. According to CPSC, past reports indicate that consumers sometimes feel comfortable handing off to children fireworks devices perceived to be less powerful, such as sparklers and bottle rockets. In 2013, sparklers and rockets accounted for more than 40 percent of all estimated injuries.
Two businesses operating in the Navarre area along Highway 98 are working through separate permitting processes for outdoor amusements on land and in the water. According to regulators, neither business had secured the necessary permits to begin operating the outdoor amusements.
Summer days may seem like a dog’s paradise as more family members are home, the weather allows for sunbathing and even water fun for those pups that enjoy it. However, veterinarians warn that summer also presents several potential problems for pets.
Personnel from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) posted four, bright yellow signs on the Navarre Beach Causeway Bridge Friday hoping that they will help slow traffic passing through a shorebird nesting area. The signs are the latest effort to protect the shorebirds and their chicks that are not yet able to fly.
Airmen from the 4th Special Operations Squadron and soldiers from the 20th Special Forces Group conducted joint weapons training June 2 through June 13 on the Eglin Range.
