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Stories by Wendy Victora Rudman

Stories by Wendy Victora Rudman

June 23, 2021
A 43-year-old Navarre man faces multiple felony charges after beating his girlfriend, threatening her with a machete and keeping her phone so she couldn’t call for help.
June 22, 2021
The Fort Pickens Area of Gulf Islands National Seashore will remain closed through Thursday, June 24, for severe weather recovery operations.
June 19, 2021
As the world returns to normal, calls for the Holley-Navarre Fire District have doubled from March to May.
June 19, 2021
Tropical Storm Claudette formed overnight bringing drenching rains to Northwest Florida. Some flooding is expected. Stay home and stay safe until she blows through.
June 18, 2021

As Potential Tropical Cyclone Three nears the Gulf Coast, the chances of it becoming a named tropical storm diminish. According to local officials, the weather mass has the wind speed consistent with a tropical storm, but still lacks a defined center.

It will still have powerful local impacts though, primarily in terms of heavy rainfall, flash flooding and strong local wind gusts. The Gulf of Mexico remains closed to beachgoers with high surf and rip currents. Tattered double red flags flew Friday, as surfers ventured out to ride the waves.

The worst of the weather is expected overnight from Friday into Saturday.

June 18, 2021
A dog who had been rescued from Panhandle Animal Welfare Society a few days earlier helped his new owner through a seizure when no one else was home.
June 17, 2021
Gulf Islands National Seashore will close the Fort Pickens Area beginning June 18, due to severe weather approaching the Northwest Florida area.
June 17, 2021
A green sea turtle managed to successfully lay her eggs early Tuesday, despite the chaos of being surrounded by beachgoers making noise and taking flash photos of her.
June 17, 2021

With a developing tropical system stirring things up in the Gulf of Mexico, Navarre Beach Safety officials are expecting dangerous conditions to impact the area.

Navarre Beach Fire Rescue Chief Danny Fureigh said double red flags will be flying and his staff “will not be lenient.” Conditions will be “extremely dangerous,” he said with major rip currents.

June 17, 2021
A Gulf Breeze pet owner woke Wednesday, June 9, to find that her rabbit and chicken coops had been broken into, apparently by at least one Florida black bear.
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