On Nov. 3, a group of musicians will rock Navarre Beach for a good cause.

One Navarre family is taking Halloween seriously, to the point of having a haunted trail in their backyard.

Jeff and Sharon O’Dell built the trail behind their home on Rosemont Drive. It weaves between terrifying corridors and features actors and other spooky details to scare those who dare to enter. The trail is open to the public on Oct. 30 and 31 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Although the Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center is focused on sea turtles, they care deeply about all the other creatures that inhabit the northern Gulf of Mexico.

Navarre residents and those traveling through Navarre will have a new dining option in a familiar location.

Coastal Cowgirl, a Texas barbecue-inspired farm-to-table restaurant, recently opened in the former Copper Bull building at 7279 Navarre Parkway in Crown Center Plaza, which is also home to Bella Luna Italian Bistro and Iron Lady Fitness.

East Bay K-8’s Megan Christian always wanted to be a teacher.

The school’s choice for teacher of the year is now in her 11th year in a classroom. She has been at East Bay K-8 for three of those years. Christian, who grew up in Mobile, Alabama, said she first knew she wanted to be a teacher in elementary school.

Navarre United Methodist Church sees itself as a partner with the community. As such, the church partners with nonprofit organizations to assist people in many ways, including physical, monetary, emotional, or spiritual help. At times, it’s a little of all those things.

Service is one of the central ideas and virtues of Christianity. Various books of the Bible speak about serving and giving to others. In the Catholic Church, service can take many forms, including dedicating one’s life to a vocation in the church.

On Aug. 10, 2024, the Santa Rosa County racing community lost a beloved figure. That day, James Fox, 33, of DeFuniak Springs, suffered a medical emergency during a race at Southern Raceway in Milton. His car crashed into the concrete wall and fence that surrounded the track.

The Navarre Band Parent Association is playing joyful music after securing one of 12 IMPACT 100 grants handed out to nonprofits in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties last week.

The announcement was made at IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area’s annual meeting, held Sunday, Oct. 13, at Hilton Pensacola Beach.

What do you want to be when you grow up?

Kayla Stanford, Holley Navarre Intermediate School’s teacher of the year, said she wanted to be a lawyer, until a job at a summer camp changed her outlook and her career path.