First responders including officers, firefighters and paramedics are trained to handle a variety of emergency situations. But after a traumatic event, a victim may also need a different type of assistance- emotional support.
TALLAHASSEE — A Florida state legislator has filed a bill to exempt anyone who fires a warning shot in self-defense from the state’s minimum-mandatory-sentencing laws.
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office Detention Division was awarded a Certificate of Reaccreditation by Florida Corrections Accreditation Commission last week as the Detention Division was found to be 100 percent compliant with 239 standards.
A one-car accident sent a Fort Walton Beach teen to the hospital and clocked the eastbound lanes of Highway 98 near Sunrise Drive last Thursday in Navarre.
The partial government shutdown — the first in nearly two decades — that began Tuesday plunged hundreds of thousands across the country into uncertainty not knowing when they would next work and get a paycheck.
A Navarre man and two others were arrested last Sunday following a short vehicle pursuit through Navarre roadways, and the search for another man who took off on foot continues. The men were arrested following a traffic stop that identified the vehicle as stolen.
Santa Rosa County Public Services Director Tony Gomillion has been exploring the use of an automatic calling system which would allow residents to call in complaints about “snipe” signs – nuisance signs which are often placed in the ground at major intersections. Gomillion informed commissioners of the planned purchase of such a system at its meeting last Thursday.
A Navarre woman who was trusted with money for a nonprofit organization has been charged with larceny by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office after it was discovered that she had been stealing money from the Friends of the Mary Esther Library.
