Santa made a special appearance at the Holley-Navarre Elks Lodge Sunday afternoon, where nearly 40 local kids participated in the club’s 20th annual Christmas party.
For the second time in five days firefighters responded to a brush fire in the 2200 block of Las Vegas Trail. Officials suspect arson may have caused the fires.
The National Park Service’s Gulf Islands National Seashore (GUIS) and the University of West Florida (UWF) Sept. 30 entered into a five-year cooperative agreement which will temporarily provide available office space and housing to the school.
Diana Hutson was 16 years old when she first complained that her father sexually abused her in 1993. She finally saw justice served Dec. 12, when Edward Scott Foster, 74, pleaded guilty to three charges of sexual battery involving a minor. The agreement will likely keep Foster imprisoned for life.
The new solid waste and recycling provider for areas north of Yellow River, ECUA, will extend customer service hours to accommodate high call volume resulting from new customers signups ahead of a Dec. 26 deadline to prevent service disruption, according to a release from Santa Rosa County officials.
A Gulf Breeze man accused of stalking a neighbor and firing 13 shots into the neighbor’s residence is expected to either accept a plea agreement or move forward with a jury trial when he returns to court Jan. 20.
Santa Rosa County Commission Chairman Don Salter, the District 3 commissioner since 2000, was named board chairman Nov. 18. Since then, in the wake of voters rejecting a temporary tax to fund a new county courthouse, Salter proposed an early 2015 workshop to devise ways to increase county revenues.
Ailsa Clark, the Lady Raiders’ top golfer, isn’t slowing down just because the season is over. The high school junior won the Pensacola City Junior Championship Girls Open Division at Osceola Golf Course last weekend.