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Navarre YMCA director resigns

Written by Sandi Kemp on October 15, 2015. Posted in Business.

Longtime Navarre Pullum YMCA Branch Director, Dottie Thomas, resigned last week much to the surprise of her board of directors. Thomas has been at the Navarre YMCA for eight years and has been the branch director for five years. During that time the Navarre YMCA has grown to the point that it has outgrown its facility and an expansion is planned for 2016. “We hate to see her leave. She has done an amazing job. I hope she reconsiders and I’m working toward that end,” said Maurie Reynolds, chairman of the Pullum Family YMCA Board of Directors. Reynolds also emphasized that the expansion of the Navarre YMCA needed to move forward regardless.

Navarre chamber rejects instability portrayal

Written by Staff Reporters on October 15, 2015. Posted in Business.

Members of the Navarre Beach Chamber of Commerce take issue with Santa Rosa County Commissioner Rob Williamson’s recent depiction of the organization as lacking stability.

Tourist tax glitch scrutinized

Written by Staff Reporters on October 15, 2015. Posted in News.

Some inaccurate figures on Santa Rosa County tourist bed tax collections were corrected on the county’s website last week soon after the Navarre Press questioned them.

Local projects totaling $7.5 million up for review

Written by Sandi Kemp on October 15, 2015. Posted in News.

Finally, what we’ve all been anxiously awaiting. The Santa Rosa County Board of Commissioners Sept. 24 approved a draft multiyear implementation plan submitted by RESTORE council members at its county commission meeting. The 15 projects submitted total $3.7 million.

Man shot at FWB apartment

Written by Staff Reporters on October 15, 2015. Posted in Crime, News.

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting at a Fort Walton Beach apartment complex. Jose Raymond Sanchez, a 20-year-old Fort Walton Beach man, suffered a gunshot wound to the groin on Pocahontas Drive near a dumpster outside Colony House Apartments the morning of Oct. 9. He was transported to a Pensacola hospital for treatment.

Kimmons convicted of sexual battery

Written by Staff Reporters on October 15, 2015. Posted in Crime, News.

In a release issued by State Attorney Bill Eddins, it was announced that a Santa Rosa County jury has convicted Steven Earl Kimmons of sexual battery.

2013 Navarre murder remains unsolved

Written by Staff Reporters on October 15, 2015. Posted in News.

At about 12:30 a.m. on March 7, 2013, Santa Rosa County deputies received a call about suspicious activities on Larker Woods Road in east Navarre. What they found when they arrived was 31-year old shooting victim Philip Davenport in the front yard of his home. He was pronounced dead on the scene, according to Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer, Rich Aloy.

Pace man convicted of sexual battery on child

Written by Staff Reporters on October 15, 2015. Posted in Crime, News.

Stephen Troy Webb, 30, of Pace, was found guilty Oct. 8 of sexual battery upon a child less than 12 years of age and lewd or lascivious molestation.

Fee Simple Title legislation passes House committee

Written by Staff Reporters on October 15, 2015. Posted in News.

The House Natural Resources Committee has moved forward legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller (R-Fla. to allow Santa Rosa Island leaseholders to attain fee simple title to their property. H.R. 1452 would authorize Escambia County to convey certain property on Santa Rosa Island. It would also streamline the management of the island by conveying land that currently lies in the jurisdictional boundaries of Santa Rosa County, but is owned by Escambia County, to Santa Rosa County.

Commissioner Cole fined $500 for Sunshine violation

Written by Staff Reporters on October 15, 2015. Posted in News.

Santa Rosa County Commissioner Robert A. “Bob” Cole has been ordered to pay a $500 fine after he entered a plea of no contest to one count of a noncriminal violation of the Florida Sunshine Law. According to a release issued by the State Attorney’s office, Walton County Judge David Green imposed the maximum fine allowed under Florida law. Green heard the case because all Santa Rosa County judges recused themselves.