Daytime home burglaries in Navarre have residents on alert, locking doors and watching for suspicious activity. To further increase safety, Clerk of Court and Comptroller Donald Spencer suggested county commissioners tighten security controls over Santa Rosa County’s permitting process for door-to-door solicitors. The board approved those changes at a public hearing Jan. 23.
In a competency hearing held Jan. 23, Brandon Aydelott was ordered to the Florida State Hospital in Chattahoochee to undergo a mental evaluation, which is expected to be complete within six months. Aydelott was found incompetent to stand trial in the Christmas Eve murder of his mom, Holley Navarre Middle School teacher Sharon Aydelott.
New graduate program at University of Florida in Veterinary Forensic Sciences will begin in May 2014 and will include courses that focus on pathology, osteology, animal law, and the intersection of farm animal welfare and the forensic sciences. Applications are currently being accepted.
Alachua, Fla. (AP) — Whenever a horse arrives at Mill Creek Farm in Florida, Peter and Mary Gregory make the aging animal a promise to last the rest of its days.
BOSTON (AP) — As a year’s final hours slip away, many measure its success in paychecks, vacations, or the simple pleasures of everyday life. But for Neil Hayward of Cambridge, 2013 ticked down to a single bird.
Cases of the flu, including the H1N1 strain of the virus, are continuing to rise across the country. H1N1, originally known as swine flu, has even resulted in deaths here in Santa Rosa County.
The Santa Rosa County Local RESTORE Council has approved criteria members will use to evaluate projects proposed for funding resulting from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Now the group is working to develop an application through which projects can be submitted, leading up to the anticipated first round of local fund distribution.
