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Santa Rosa County’s courthouse was deemed unsafe in 1914.  It wasn’t until 13 years later that the current courthouse was built.  In what seems to be history repeating itself, replacement of the 86-year-old county courthouse has again been delayed over a decade.

Commissioners will allow developer James A. “Jim” Young, Jr. to construct a borrow pit on property located within the county’s expanded well field protection area.  The commission had adopted an ordinance on Mar. 7 expanding the area to provide further protection of the local water supply, including a ban on resource extraction, such as dirt removal.

Santa Rosa County emergency service agencies are teaming up for the seventh year to promote fire safety during the month of December with the “Keep Your Holidays Bright” campaign.

A Gulf Breeze city worker was arrested and charged with Driving Under the Influence while driving a city vehicle last Wednesday. 

A woman sustained minor injuries just after 11 p.m. Friday night after her residence at 7505 Blackjack Circle caught fire from suspected unattended candles. Marva Smith, owner of the mobile home off of East Bay Boulevard, was home with her two pets when the blaze started.

The first case of citrus canker in the Florida Panhandle was recently confirmed, and it’s very close to home.

NEW ORLEANS — Nearly a year after energy giant BP cut a deal to a resolve a criminal investigation of its role in the nation’s worst offshore oil spill, a jury is set to hear the Justice Department’s case against a former company employee accused of trying to stymie the federal investigation.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Christi Winter always tried to give her dog Josie the very best in life, so when it was time to say goodbye, Winter didn’t want to do anything less.

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) — As many as 1,000 Airmen may be affected by a recently identified decrease in fiscal 2014 retraining objectives, with 35 or more Air Force specialty codes removed from the retraining-in list, Air Force officials said Nov. 26.

Health insurance has doubled for Santa Rosa County resident Steve Holloway and many others across the state in the wake of America’s health care reform. U.S. Congressman Jeff Miller, a vocal opponent of the Affordable Care Act, has heard from many local constituents with stories similar to Holloway, experiencing premium increases or policy cancellations.