News Archive

Holley Navarre Intermediate School parents were notified by letter March 8 that contaminants were discovered during the construction of a cafeteria, but there is no health threat.

Ilan Danino, 39, traveling east bound on U.S. Highway 98 and Twin Pine in Gulf Breeze veered off the road, went airborne 10 feet and came to a stop upon impact with a utility pole.

Shannon Ogletree, interim director of economic development, briefed county commissioners at the March 11 meeting on economic development in the county.

Santa Rosa County Commissioners approved several items dealing with the south-end during the March 11 commission meeting, but they left other issues hanging.

NEW YORK (AP) – A dog owner says she thinks there’s a chance her prized pet was deliberately poisoned while competing at the Westminster Kennel Club show, causing it to die several days later.

Gulf Islands National Seashore is now recruiting volunteers to assist park staff at Fort Pickens and Perdido Key.

3/2/2013 – JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas (AFNS) — Air Force Reserve Command activated the first cyberspace operations group in the Air Force March 1. 

WASHINGTON –  As the Air Force braces for potential sequester, leadership has cancelled all aviation support to public events for at least the remainder of the fiscal year and is standing down the Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team to save flying hours to support readiness needs.

The sinkhole that occurred in Seffner on Feb. 28, claiming the life of Jeff Bush, 37, rarely happens in Northwest Florida. According to the Associated Press the sinkhole is about 30 feet wide and 60 feet deep. However, officials on scene could not verify the size.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The owner of the oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 says BP hampered efforts to stop the resulting gusher of oil by misleading government officials about how many barrels of oil were flowing each day from the damaged well on the Gulf floor.