A Navarre man has died following a crash with a tractor trailer on Interstate 10 in Jackson County, Florida, Friday, July 25. The incident occurred at mile marker 155 at 6:50 a.m.
Tallahassee – About 100 undocumented immigrants have been deported from an airstrip adjoining the detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” and “the cadence” of outgoing flights is increasing, Gov. Ron DeSantis said July 25.
In a day and age where the internet is rife with misinformation and spam calls keep our phones buzzing, is it any wonder elder fraud is a growing concern for law enforcement?
Labels can get you into trouble if you don’t know fully what it is to which they refer. A case in point: I was born and raised in a part of Canada where all Americans, northerners and southerners alike, are called “Yankees.” You can imagine the firestorm that ignited when, after I moved to South Florida, in ignorance, I called a native Floridian a Yankee. His eyes blazed, his body went rigid, his face blossomed red, and his nostrils flared to accommodate the building steam. I was grateful that all I received that day was a short, very intense lesson in American history with extra emphasis on what my friend called, “the war of northern aggression.” The label “Yankee” no longer resides in my vocabulary.
As I was writing this column on Monday (the day we go to print), the intersection of Andorra Street and Lucena Street had a shelter in place order issued due to a gas main break. As I was typing, however, the order was lifted.
Lucas Goss, a young boy using his entrepreneurial spirit to raise money for a dream trip to Disney World, has spent the summer selling lemonade from his stand on street corners and at marketplaces. Most recently, Lucas raised $1,600 at Andy D’s Beachside Restaurant & Dock Bar July 13. Lucas’ stand was at the restaurant as part of a fundraiser coordinated with Andrew DeMartin, owner of Andy D’s, and Cara Davis, a local DJ.
Otis Simmons used to be a custodian at Holley Navarre Intermediate. He was well known among the students and would pop into classrooms on occasion to joke around with them.
More than a decade later, Simmons is still at Holley Navarre, now working as a gym teacher, and he’s also the new basketball commissioner at NYSA.
A Navarre business found itself under the microscope Tuesday morning, July 22.
Federal law enforcement officials from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) conducted a raid on Emerald Coast Lawns, a lawn care service located on Highway 87 S across from CEFCO in Navarre, Tuesday morning, July 22. The raid led to two arrests, Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office confirms.
