News Archive

The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office recently arrested the owners of Kirkham Kattery Rescue in Milton on charges of animal cruelty after 225 felines were removed from their residence. After removal, the cats were taken to the Santa Rosa County Animal Services facility where Dr. Natalie Dyson, a Navarre veterinarian, worked late into the night evaluating the animals.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is urging boaters to go slow and be vigilant on the Choctawhatchee River. The request to go slow comes after a Bay County child was severely injured June 22 on a fishing trip with his family when a large Gulf sturgeon leapt into their boat, hitting three children.

The smell of food, the sound of music, and stormy weather filled the air for the 25th Annual Cardboard Boat Regatta at Hurlburt Field.

Florida’s aquaculture industry sold $69 million worth of fish, alligators, aquatic plants and other animals last year.

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE — One of the Air Force’s newest aircrew flight equipment teams is now the Air Force’s best.

As the nation continues to ready itself for the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, news broke last week that businesses with more than 50 employees will not be facing fines until 2015 for failing to offer health insurance coverage.

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first medical scan that can help diagnose attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children by measuring brain waves.

Wildlife tourism, from hunting and fishing to bird and dolphin watching, is a $19 billion-a-year business along the Gulf of Mexico, and states spending their settlement money from the 2010 BP oil spill should focus on restoring ecologically sensitive areas that keep guides, hotels and others working, a study says.

The South End Tourist Development Committee, which makes bed tax funding recommendations to the Santa Rosa County Tourist Development Council (TDC), voted to support a well-presented $125,000 request from the Marine Science Station on Wednesday, but ignored a $145,000 request from Commissioner Bob Cole for the Agri-Plex in East Milton due to a lack of supporting documentation.

A Navarre man was arrested last Monday after his neighbor called officers in reference to a domestic disturbance involving a minor. Ronald Wagner, 38, was arrested for battery and false imprisonment of a child under 13 after becoming violent with the victim.