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.
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.
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.
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.
A new work-release center approved by the Santa Rosa County Commission could open within a few weeks to house inmates who are already in the jail for minor offenses, Sheriff Wendell Hall said.
The “Run for the Reef” is at 8 a.m. this Saturday. There is a 5K and a 10K route as well as a 1-mile fun run. The T-shirts are worth the price of admission alone. This event benefits the Navarre Beach Marine Sanctuary – Snorkeling and Diving Reefs. There is also a raffle for SCUBA lessons and artwork by various local artists and photographers. Show up early the day of the race to register on the spot. This is a great event with a fun after party at Lagerheads on the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier. Go to: navarrebeachmarinesanctuary.com, for more information. Also this Saturday – the Holley Navarre Senior Center is holding a Rummage & Bake Food Sale. The Senior Center is located across from the library which is at 8484 James M. Harvell Road. The Zoo is gearing up for its Boo at the Zoo. You will have two weekends to take your children trick-or-treating with the animals beginning Oct. 17. Check out the new baby hippo while you are there.
The Springfest Steering Committee set a goal of selling 3,000 tickets before Sept. 30, 2015, to gauge interest, raise funds and move forward with a festival in downtown Pensacola.
No matter how few drivers exceed the speed limits on residential streets in the city of Gulf Breeze, that’s too many for the volunteer Traffic Calming and Enforcement Committee.
