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After receiving feedback from other commissioners and residents, Santa Rosa County Commission Chairman Jim Melvin halted further pursuit of a $7,500 contract with the University of West Florida to solicit local input on the proposed Navarre Community Center.  

The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office has concluded a prostitution sweep which netted a total of 51 arrests targeting both street-level and escort prostitution.

A Gulf Breeze woman was arrested Saturday for driving under the influence with a child unrestrained in the vehicle, according to a Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office arrest report.

An intoxicated Milton man was arrested on New Year’s Eve after striking a police officer in a McDonald’s parking lot, according to a Gulf Breeze Police Department arrest report.

Friends and family said their final goodbyes to William “Cody” Goodman on Saturday, a 17-year-old from Gulf Breeze who was shot Christmas Eve by a Pensacola Police Department officer.

A Holley-Navarre man was arrested last Friday for trespassing at a man’s residence and striking him with a closed fist, according to a Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office arrest report.

A Navarre man accidentally shot himself in the leg Saturday while he was cleaning his pistol, according to a Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office offense report.

When Navarre High School senior Colton Boney was dealing with the death of his grandparents five years ago, little did he know that comforting words of wisdom from a former teacher would have such a profound effect on him.

Pier contract changes hands; but not before drama, controversy

While the new year begins with a new management team for the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier, the previous year began with a one-year extension for the now-former management team — and plenty of drama that followed.

Baptist, Sacred Heart adopt tobacco-free hiring

Baptist Health Care and Sacred Heart Health Sys­tem will start the New Year with a healthy choice for themselves and for others, as they adopted tobacco­-free hiring policies begin­ning Jan. 1, 2014. Current employees who use tobacco products were not affected by the poli­cy. To encourage healthy lifestyles, Baptist Health Care and Sacred Heart Health System are currently, and will continue to offer, tobac­co cessation assistance to existing team members. Baptist Health Care and Sacred Heart Health Sys­tem worked with the Partnership for a Healthy Community (PFAHC) on an assessment of the state of health in the two-coun­ty area that includes Escam­bia and Santa Rosa. Results revealed discouraging sta­tistics related to tobacco use, obesity and health management. Baptist Health Care and Sacred Heart Health Sys­tem became smoke-free campuses in 2010. The hir­ing policy is another step in support of a healthy work­force.