Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office deputies are at a Shell gas station on State Road 87, responding to a shooting. Spokesman, Sgt. Rich Aloy, said he was on his way to the station but that it was his initial understanding that one person had been shot.

Renovation work has been started on the east side of the old Helen Back Restaurant to prepare it to become the home of Dan B’s, a St. Louis-based restaurant chain.

As we all continue planning for one of the fattest days of the year, I wanted to share with all of you some of my secrets for a successful holiday.

Growing up in a family where holidays were likely occasions for conflict, I learned some valuable deflecting skills. Now that I have a family of my own, I have perfected some of these techniques, broadening and deepening my coping strategies.

Local tourism officials have predicted snowbirds will be back this season but Pip, Navarre Beach’s piping plover, already knew that.

The Florida Highway Patrol is asking the public to be on the lookout for a 4-door dark gray sedan, possibly a Honda Accord. This vehicle will have front end right fender damage and damage to the front passenger wheel.

The vehicle was involved in an accident Monday, Nov. 15, at 6:04 p.m. on Chumuckla Highway near its intersection with U.S. Highway 90. A Milton woman was injured in the accident.

Please call *347 if you see the vehicle.

Adams Sanitation has filed a lawsuit in Santa Rosa Circuit Court against Santa Rosa County for the second time this year. This lawsuit, filed Nov. 12, alleges that the county broke the open records laws by failing to produce requested documents.

In a small room at Northwest Florida State College, eight newly trained veterans and their canine partners graduated from training Friday. These new Healing Paws for Warrior teams went through eight weeks of training and passed tests indicating that they were ready to work together.

Less than two months after voting to accept $2.4 million in FEMA funding, the Holley-Navarre Fire District commissioners decided to turn the grant down.

As of 9 a.m. Monday morning, the Navarre Beach Fire Rescue joins a small group of departments in the county to be ALS-certified.

A new food court should be opening along U.S. Highway 98 in Midway early in 2022.