News Archive

Florida is scheduled to lose $1 billion in federal health funds at the end of June, a hole in the state budget the Legislature must fill in its upcoming session if a settlement isn’t reached between the administrations of Gov. Rick Scott and President Barack Obama.

A $100 million settlement has been reached between three major tobacco companies and hundreds of people who sued them for smoking-related deaths and illnesses in Florida federal court.

District 4 residents cited traffic safety and congestion as their number one concern according to a survey distributed by Santa Rosa County Commissioner Rob Williamson.

Samuel Dwain Yates was arrested Feb. 25 on four counts of possession of child pornography by special agents from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Pensacola Regional Operations Center.

At 4 feet, 11 inches and closing in on her 40th birthday, Sonya Alford might not seem like your typical Tough Mudder athlete. But watch her flip a tire or jump over a box and you’ll immediately change your mind.

The Republican-led Florida Legislature kicked off its annual session Tuesday with the usual pomp, but the celebratory nature was overshadowed by lingering questions about the state budget, tax cuts and health care.

Santa Rosa County officials are working with local municipalities to revise the county’s local mitigation strategy (LMS) plan, which is updated every five years.

Demolition of a roughly 3,000-square-foot abandoned building on Highway 87 South in Holley is underway at the site of the future Holley-Navarre Fire District (HNFD) substation.

A 92-year-old Gulf Breeze man died from injuries sustained in a Feb. 20 car accident.

Marshall Shawn Dean, 36, of the 7500 block of Blackjack Circle, was arrested Feb. 26 on first-degree felony charges of aggravated child abuse and possession of a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of school grounds, and a third-degree felony charge of possession of drug paraphernalia.