After months of seeking donations and organizing fundraisers, volunteers of Caring and Sharing of South Santa Rosa County distributed toys and bicycles to hundreds of families who needed help Saturday as part of their annual Christmas toy drive.
The tradition of facing frigid water on the first day of the New Year has been in the U.S. for more than 100 years, starting in 1904 with the L Street Brownies Polar Plunge in Boston.
Tree lots packed with freshly cut evergreens have cropped up across Navarre this Christmas season, and chain stores like Lowes and Walmart have shipped in dozens of their own trees for sale.
Amid an ownership dispute over the 2,718-acre Pace-area property known as Jubilee, Santa Rosa commissioners abruptly cancelled a special hearing to consider accepting it as a donation.
After 16 years of service, Santa Rosa County Sheriff Wendell Hall celebrated a long awaited retirement surrounded by family, co-workers, county officials, citizens and media members Dec. 15, during a retirement party at the Milton Auditorium.
The Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge is looking for a new home, and they have set their sights on a 2-acre piece of property in Holley that has been offered up as a donation.
A large gathering at a popular hangout off Bergren Road in Navarre turned deadly Friday night around 10:45 p.m. The Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office responded to a disturbance in a wooded area near River Birch Road and they had information indicating there was a stabbing.
The Lady Raiders placed first among the 11 teams participating in the Raider Invitational Dec. 7, winning seven of 10 weight divisions. They also earned three second-place finishes as the Raiders scored 93 points. Pine Forest was the closest competitor with 27 points.