Bullet narrowly misses sleeping boy
Unknown shooters fired bullets into at least two south Santa Rosa County homes in recent weeks, and narrowly missing boys at a sleepover in the most recent incident.
Miss Navarre High is crowned
As students and supporters arrived and the crowd grew prior to the festivities, the energy built and sizzled with excitement for the Miss NHS pageant. Family and friends gathered, flash bulbs popped and signs displaying support for candidates were hoisted in abundance.
Florida legislature repeals ethanol mandate
Consumers’ gas tanks could soon be filled with more gas and less ethanol, thanks to a senate bill that has gained momentum.
Developer of Heritage Oaks tangles with Holley community’s roots
A popular road used as a cut-through in Holley has been closed, and playing a role in the blame are issues of safety, flooding, the preservation of trees and a potential development.
Meth lab explodes, wrecks lives
In another case of drugs ruining lives, one man was killed and another is in jail on felony charges following an explosion last Thursday in Gulf Breeze. And now a mother has a cautionary tale to tell of a “sweet” boy who made a bad choice and paid the price.
Miami men building a modern ark
MIAMI (AP) — In the beginning, there was the great flood. Not the one in Genesis that cleansed the world of evil, but the rising waters that swamped the Gulf Coast during Hurricane Katrina.
Cats alert owners to burning home then perish
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A family credited two cats for alerting them to a fire on the outside of their home before the felines died in the flames.
Cities try to keep ospreys from nesting on poles
VIERA (AP) — Osprey countermeasures can prove elusive.
1 SOMDG updates policy, affects non-active duty enrollees
HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. — New changes to the TRICARE enrollment policies in the 1st Special Operations Medical Group at Hurlburt Field, Fla., will affect retirees and their dependents who receive care at the clinic for the remainder of this fiscal year and possibly beyond.
Doolittle Raiders greet, inspire Air Commandos
HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. — Exactly 71 years ago to the day they and their fellow Airmen turned the tide of the U.S. war effort, three World War II legends spoke to dozens of Hurlburt Airmen at the 319th Special Operations Squadron auditorium April 18.













