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TALLAHASSEE (AP) — A probe ordered by Florida Gov. Rick Scott has determined that the pay and benefits of state college presidents varies widely with little explanation as to why some presidents earn large six-figure salaries.

Summer is approaching and thousands of visitors will be planning vacations that include visiting National Parks across the country.

A former Santa Rosa County principal, who was removed following a December 2012 incident which took place away from school, has filed a lawsuit against the Santa Rosa Professional Educators (SRPE), a labor union representing teachers, and Rhonda Chavers, SRPE president, citing slander and libel.

Santa Rosa voters might soon have an opportunity to decide if there will be a tax designated for school safety during the next election.  Sheriff Wendell Hall appeared before Santa Rosa County commissioners May 9, seeking permission to apply for a three-year federal grant to help fund 9 resources officers for local schools, calling it a potential “temporary fix” and suggesting a tax referendum as a designated long-term funding option to put officers in public schools.

The issue of sustainability of Earle Bowden Way — the road the extension of Gulf Boulevard between Navarre Beach and Pensacola Beach — has come to the forefront once again, though no storm has passed recently nor is there one on the horizon.

MILTON — The person who severely beat two men in a Navarre home in 2011 was sentenced to life on Wednesday in Milton. Timothy Donald Helton was sentenced to life in state prison by Judge David Rimmer as a habitual felony offender and a prison release re-offender.

Copies of what is described by Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office as a “suspicious” letter were dropped off by a white male May 8 at more than one Santa Rosa School District facility — reportedly Berryhill Elementary and the School Board office on Canal Street in Milton — prompting Superintendent Tim Wyrosdick to contact law enforcement and issue what some parents have described as a vague, confusing message on May 10.

Family members, friends and fellow service members of the military’s explosive ordnance disposal technicians traveled to Northwest Florida last week from all over the nation to be in attendance for a weekend that included an EOD memorial ceremony Saturday to honor their fallen warriors — both past and present.

The sequestrations that have handcuffed many military programs and activities are not limited to the military alone.

Staff Sgt. Brian Dunnagan, an Explosive Ordnance Technician with the 1st Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron at Hurlburt Field, made the following comments Friday, April 26, during a presentation to the Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce: