A father and son duo from Colorado is cycling across the Gulf Coast all the way to the Atlantic Ocean supporting the fight against diabetes and stopping to meet with other riders affected by the disease.
Attorney General Pam Bondi convened March 3 the Statewide Task Force on Prescription Drug Abuse and Newborns to discuss and release the group’s 2014 report. It provides an update on the implementation of the Task Force’s recommendations to combat Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS). NAS refers to a group of medical complications associated with the withdrawal process newborns typically experience after birth if their mothers have abused prescription drugs during pregnancy.
The first Run, Walk or Roll Mobility 5k will be held at 8 a.m., March 29 on Navarre Beach and organizer David Raney said the event is being held to help folks locally and worldwide who are need of assistive devices to increase their mobility.
Most Americans are not satisfied with their friendships, lack confidence in even their closest friends and almost half would choose to have deeper friendships rather than more friends.
A man was found guilty Feb. 27 of 10 counts of sexual battery upon a child and two counts of lewd or lascivious molestation for the sexual abuse of his three stepchildren while the family lived in Pace.
A former chemist who was a supervisor in the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) crime lab in Pensacola pleaded not guilty to a multitude of charges related to missing prescription drug evidence. Joseph Graves’ attorney Michael Griffith entered a not guilty plea at a Feb. 25 arraignment before Judge Terry Terrell.
County commissioners are under fire for planning to spend millions to acquire property for the proposed new courthouse. Citizens are asking commissioners to reconsider their decision and use property the county already owns adjacent to Santa Rosa County Jail in East Milton.
Santa Rosa County Clerk of Court and Comptroller Donald Spencer made good on his campaign promise to put county financial information online. Spencer’s site contains not only audited financial statements but also a monthly investment report.
Santa Rosa County Commissioners are moving forward with their plan to buy about 24.5 acres on Highway 90 near the Pea Ridge community for the site of a proposed new courthouse. Projected costs associated with the purchase total $3.75 million.
