Dec 5, 2013
Keep Your Holidays Bright Fire Safety Campaign underway
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.
Dec 5, 2013
GB city worker arrested for DUI in city truck
A Gulf Breeze city worker was arrested and charged with Driving Under the Influence while driving a city vehicle last Wednesday.
Dec 5, 2013
Candles likely cause in Blackjack Circle blaze
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.
Dec 5, 2013
Citrus canker confirmed in county
The first case of citrus canker in the Florida Panhandle was recently confirmed, and it’s very close to home.
Dec 5, 2013
Ex-BP engineer who deleted texts heads to trial
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.
Dec 5, 2013
Hospice allows pet owners to say goodbye at home
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.
Dec 5, 2013
Air Force specialties affected by retraining reduction
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.
Dec 5, 2013
Health care reform hits home
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.
Dec 5, 2013
Rx Express puts service, community first
Everyone is the boss at Rx Express Pharmacy of Navarre, as far as Paul and Priscilla McMellon are concerned.
Dec 5, 2013
Psalm book fetches record $14.2M at NY auction
NEW YORK (AP) — A tiny book of psalms from 1640, believed to be the first book printed in what’s now the United States, sold for just under $14.2 million on Tuesday, setting an auction record for a printed book.






