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A 24-year-old man was arrested after having sex with a child under the age of 16 in Santa Rosa County.

A Milton man was arrested last Tuesday for allegedly biting and attempting to strangle a woman pregnant with twins and threatening to “kill the babies.”

Despite plenty of days with rough surf in the region this year, there have not been an exceedingly high number of rescues by Navarre Beach lifeguards this summer. Lifeguards have rescued almost 30 people out of the Gulf of Mexico this year in the Navarre Beach lifeguard protection area.

County Commissioners are banking on Santa Rosa County citizens being ready to fund a new county courthouse through a local option sales tax referendum they plan to place on the ballot next year.

Santa Rosa County residents and interested parties will be a part of the process on Monday when the Santa Rosa Board of County Commissioners reviews the proposals to manage the Navarre Fishing Pier.

Fee simple ownership. It’s a term bounced around a lot these days, particularly when discussing Santa Rosa Island leaseholders.

The move to turn Navarre Beach leaseholders into fee-simple owners took a giant leap forward on August 1 with the much-anticipated introduction of a bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller.

The drama surrounding the sunken boat in the Santa Rosa Sound in Navarre continued over the weekend and again early this week.

A Fort Walton Beach bakery’s decorative cakes, ice cream and homemade treats might look good enough to eat, but owner Nicole Poch warns that they may taste a little different. That’s because her bakery and specialty shop, 3 Dogs and a Chick, sells treats for four-legged clients — and their owners come from as far as Navarre and all across the Emerald Coast for those tasty treats.

The bear population is on the rise in southern half Santa Rosa County — and so is the misinformation about these mammals. Thus, it was fitting that a workshop on how residents can protect their home and property from bears was held at a place of higher learning.