Something as simple as a class name tag and a T-shirt might not mean much to the average 8-year-old, but to Lilliana Boczar, it means everything. Lilliana has two very rare genetic conditions; Rett Syndrome (RS) and Williams Syndrome (WS).

According to her parents, Stephan and Mari, she is the only medically documented case in the world with both.

ProHealth of northwest Florida donated $21,000 to 10 local nonprofits during the month of December. Each ProHealth office was given $3,000 to donate to a nonprofit of the employees’ choosing.

Leo is a 5-year-old green ring-necked parrot who usually lives with his mom Jeanna Barnes in Navarre, Florida, off Highway 399. On Dec. 29, Leo slipped out an open door, and still hasn’t returned home.

“I am heartbroken,” Barnes said, “He’s my sweet boy.”

A Panama City was arrested in Santa Rosa County after we e k s – l ong obscene communications he allegedly had with a person he thought was a 13-year-old girl. He was on his way to meet the supposed 13-year-old in a Pensacola park, according to the Pensacola Police Department.

William Edward White, 42, was arrested and charged with using a twoway communication device to facilitate a felony, using a computer to seduce or solicit a child and misrepresenting his age, and traveling to meet after using a computer to lure a child.

Dozens of ‘snowbirds’ from across the country gathered at the Navarre Beach Visitor Information Center on Tuesday morning to receive a ‘warm’ welcome from officials.

Brig. Gen. Scott Cain, the 96th Test Wing commander at Eglin Air Force Base, imposes Health Protection Condition Bravo-Plus effective today to combat an increased spread of COVID-19 in local communities.

The City of Milton now has its very own disc golf course.

Today’s Photo of the Day comes from Kevin Lehmann. Kevin captured this magical photo on the evening of Dec. 28. “The sun looked beautiful as always as it set over Navarre Beach. However, once it went down the show really began,” Kevin said. 🌅

Effective January 2022, the Santa Rosa Press Gazette in Milton and the Crestview News Bulletin in Crestview are under new ownership.

Through a partnership between Sandi Kemp of Navarre Press and Todd Neves of Neves Media, the two papers will be two separate companies operated effectively immediately as a weekly print edition and a daily online website. Kemp, who founded Navarre Press more than 20 years ago, said the newspapers will focus on sharing local news, sports and feature coverage news important to each community.

Pure bliss! Today’s Photo of the Day features Addison Davis and her white sand snowman on Navarre Beach taken by her grandfather Rodger Davis.