The Gulf Breeze City Council voted June 16 to move forward with stormwater projects that can be completed in the short-term, while a citizen-led task force continues to evaluate other long-term solutions. Stormwater Task Force Chairman Ed Gray submitted the project list to council June 11, less than three weeks after the group’s first meeting.
A Navarre man charged with aggravated stalking for allegedly threatening his neighbor is scheduled to appear in court today. Judge John Simon will preside at the motion hearing for 49-year-old Jeffrey Denver Campbell. He was arrested April 14 and faces three felony charges including aggravated stalking, firing a gun into a dwelling, vehicle, building or aircraft and grand theft of a firearm.
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office reported that a second suspect has been arrested in a child abuse case in which an infant was severely beaten in a Milton area park. The report said that 27-year-old Angela Marie Morris of Milton was arrested June 13 and charged with child neglect without great bodily harm and perjury. She remains in the county jail on $22,000 bond.
Santa Rosa County Tourist Development Council (TDC) Director Kate Wilkes has announced she will be retiring effective Aug. 1, 2014. Wilkes notified members of the TDC Board of Directors via a two-sentence email June 11.
A small committee consisting of representatives from the Navarre Beach Fire Department Board of Directors, Navarre Beach Leaseholders and Residents Association (NBLRA) and the Santa Rosa County Tourist Development Council (TDC) is looking to Pensacola Beach for suggestions on how to improve beach safety west of the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier.
Convicted sex offender and former Santa Rosa County school bus driver Lee Calvin Pardue was sentenced Monday to three consecutive life sentences plus 200 years in prison.
Santa Rosa County candidates are raising money leading up to the busy summer campaign season. However, some are set to win by default if opponents do not enter and qualify for the race by tomorrow’s deadline.
After more than an hour of comments from Pensacola Beach residents and visitors, as well as discussion from board members, the Santa Rosa Island Authority (SRIA) Board took no action to modify the operation or location of the beach’s west end dog park.
The Navarre Library is making it easy for residents to participate this month in Santa Rosa County’s Partners for Pets program. A crate turned on its side near the checkout desk offers a convenient place for members to donate supplies that will benefit Santa Rosa County’s animal services shelter in Milton.
Each morning at about 5:30, volunteers head out on Navarre Beach to search for sea turtle nests, but so far this year, no action. The turtle patrol started their early morning trips May 1.
