Nov 28, 2013
Invasive ducks cause controversy in Holley by the Sea
Hate them or love them, the ducks that live in the ponds at the HBTS Sunrise Drive entrance could possibly face euthanasia if they continue to be a nuisance to residents.
Nov 28, 2013
Top two bidders return and two other contenders join forces
Santa Rosa County Commissioners received seven proposals in their redo of the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier management bid. Pasco Gibson, Jr., and Yolanda Wells initially won a contract, set to start at the end of the current lease, which expires Dec. 31. However, three commissioners decided to revisit the initial proposal selection, prompting a lawsuit filed by Gibson and Wells to stop a revote. Ultimately the board instead rebid the contract to remedy the suit and also revised a proposal scoring method the county had used for more than two decades.
Nov 28, 2013
Six sites submitted for courthouse
Santa Rosa County has received six proposals from land owners offering their property for sale as the site of the new courthouse. Commissioners are expected to review those bids at a special meeting Dec. 3. However, voters will likely decide whether or not to fund a proposed judicial facility next year when a local option sales tax referendum is expected to be placed on the ballot.
Nov 28, 2013
Overdose solves burglary case
A Gulf Breeze man was arrested for grand theft after nearly overdosing on pills he stole from a home on Government Drive in Gulf Breeze.
Nov 28, 2013
GB man arrested for threatening man with knife
A Gulf Breeze man was arrested after he reportedly broke into a home on Monopoly Court and threatened another man with a kitchen knife because he thought the man was having an affair with his wife.
Nov 28, 2013
Two charged in stolen photography equipment case
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office was able to help a Fort Walton Beach photographer reclaim most of the $43,000 worth of equipment stolen from him in an Oct. 23 incident.
Nov 21, 2013
Whiting instructor has big dreams for dog park
Unites States Air Force Capt. Gail Leibovich and her dog, Indiana Jones Tyrannosaurus-Rex (Indy for short), are looking for a little help to make their dream a reality.
Nov 21, 2013
Wounded vets get day on the water
The partly cloudy skies and gentle breezes last Saturday morning provided a perfect backdrop for the final Heroes on the Water event at Navarre Park.
Nov 21, 2013
Hurlburt STO awarded Bronze Star
HURLBURT FIELD – “I was only attached to these guys for just one mission but it was the most important mission of my life,” said Maj. F. Damon Friedman, an Air Force Special Operations Command special tactics officer who was briefly assigned to an Army task force while serving in Afghanistan.
Nov 21, 2013
Horse infected with Eastern Equine Encephalitis
PANAMA CITY — The Bay County Health Department is asking residents to guard against mosquito bites after a horse was confirmed to have a mosquito-transmitted disease.