Yelton ties UWF record for wins in a career
Stephanie Lawrence Yelton is now tied for the all-time coaching record for the University of West Florida women’s basketball team.
Depth, talent on display as Raiders hold off Indians
Tied at 28-28 and a younger lineup on the floor, Navarre’s girls basketball team put its depth on display in an opening-round battle against Keystone Heights in the Navarre Beach Holiday Classic Tuesday night.
Unfazed by the adversity starting them in the eyes, the Raiders rose to the challenge.
Navarre girls soccer team comes up short against Eagles
It is as if Navarre’s girls soccer team is stuck in a repeat cycle when it comes to game day. The Raiders play hard and are within striking distance of victory, but mistakes prove costly in the end.
That was the case Tuesday night as the Raiders fell 2-1 to Niceville at Bennett C. Russell Stadium.
Bed tax uses, Whiting Aviation Park among SRC legislative priorities
Easing restrictions on how Santa Rosa County is allowed to spend tourist-development tax revenue and funding to build a taxiway and apron to connect Whiting Aviation Park to an NAS Whiting Field runway are among the requests County Commission Chairman Colten Wright will share with state legislators at the county legislative delegation’s annual public hearing at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, at the Gulf Breeze Community Center on Shoreline Drive.
BoCC to discuss industrial park giveaway, Jubilee roundabout and wildfire prevention
The Santa Rosa County Commission will discuss giving industrial property to a medical supply company, Jubilee’s developer building a roundabout, and preventing wildfires at its committee meeting Monday.
Board director applies pressure, gets blamed for stealing water
Holley Navarre Water System (HNWS) board member, James Dabney, has been accused of stealing water for the past 16 years, which would date back to 2006.
For God’s Sake: Jesus is the reason for the season
I knew it was inevitable, the culture has long been drifting in that direction, and it is just a slogan, but I still cringed when I heard it used in this way.
“This is the reason for the season,” a commercial for who-knows-what cheerily declared.
Raiders get back to work after close loss in opener
Navarre’s boys basketball team battled Escambia tough in its season opener last Monday night at home.
But in the end, the Raiders came up short, falling 58-55 to the always athletic Gators.
Teens killed in separate traffic accidents
The Florida Highway Patrol responded to two fatal automobile accidents Thursday morning in the Pace area. Neither victim was wearing a seatbelt.
UWF football team still ranked in top 10
The University of West Florida football team remains ninth in this week’s AFCA NCAA Division II poll.
The Argos are 6-1 on the season and have won four consecutive games.
