A 16-year-old Navarre High School student was arrested April 17 for having a loaded gun at school. According to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office, Joshua Neal Patton was arrested around 10 a.m. and charged with possession of a firearm on school grounds, a third degree felony.
The Navarre community is now no stranger to standing water. The area’s storm water drainage problem, exacerbated by this year’s above-normal rainfall, has residents frustrated and looking to Santa Rosa County for answers.
Three Santa Rosa citizens have applied for the appointment to temporarily fill late Commissioner Jim Williamson’s District 1 commission seat until the Nov. 4 special election, which will determine his replacement through the end of his term, which expires in 2016.
Navarre Beach resident Paul Albuquerque takes his dog Olas most everywhere he goes. The Bassett Hound and Australian Shepherd mix often accompanies Albuquerque and his wife at the beach, the park and even when they go out to eat.
The Pensacola Humane Society is raising money for Olaf, a 6-month-old puppy that is recovering from amputation surgery after being struck by a car earlier this month.
Tampa, Fla. (AP) — Staff Sgt. Shannon Hutto thought his bomb sniffing dog Eddie was just being lazy when he wouldn’t move from a certain spot one hot day in Afghanistan in 2012.
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s (FDEP) Florida Park Service finalized an agreement last week to seek sponsors for seven state trails, including the Blackwater Heritage Trail in Santa Rosa County.
Lake Mary, Fla. (AP) – A wildlife officer fatally shot several bears that exhibited dangerous behavior during an investigation of an attack in a central Florida neighborhood.
Washington (AFNS) – The Air Force’s top enlisted Airman, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody, along with top enlisted members of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee’s subcommittee on personnel, about the impact budget decisions have on the enlisted force, April 9.
Charlene Mauro, project director of the Marine Science Station, saw a need in the community for an event welcoming families with autism spectral disorders and started Autism OdysSea, first held in 2013. About 150 children and their families, totaling 450 people, attended the second annual event held April 12.
