Jones loving life as SRSO District 2 patrol supervisor
Following his promotion in May, Sgt. Scott Jones is settling into his new position as patrol supervisor at the District 2 Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office.
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Derelict dilemma
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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission made the decision Monday to start the process of declaring the partially-sunken boat in Navarre Beach waters a derelict.
State mandates increase local school board costs
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County property owners are set to see a nominal increase in property taxes designated for the Santa Rosa County School Board. The rise from 7.668 to 7.748 mills is a result of the required local effort the state sets for the district to receive approximately $86.3 million in state grant funding. At their Aug. 1 meeting, the school board approved the hike, which roughly equates to an extra $6 per $100,000 household.
Thefts via waterways trending in Navarre, GB
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The Navarre and Gulf Breeze areas are being hit by a new trend in burglaries — via waterway, according to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office.
Van flips in wreck at Ortega Street
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Two people suffered minor injuries in an accident that flipped one vehicle onto its side and damaged three other vehicles last Thursday morning on Highway 98 at Ortega Street in Navarre.
Boy saves grandmother from drowning at Navarre Beach
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A heroic act by an 11-year-old boy vacationing with his family from Nashville, Tenn., could have very well saved his grandmother’s life.
Commissioners still looking for answers, options for bridge
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Commissioners cast an eye to the future on Monday, discussing the proposed new bridge for Navarre Beach. Commissioners ultimately settled on asking staff to implement the idea into the upcoming Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) 2040 long-range transportation plan, asking the TPO to consider a study on feasibility and other options which might prove less costly than the projected $156-161 million bridge planning cost.
Navarre teen arrested for murder
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A Navarre teenager is behind bars in Escambia County on murder charges after police arrested him in connection with a shooting that left one person dead and another injured.
Bobbitt confident despite move to 7A
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Jenna Bobbitt has always been very competitive.
Here’s looking at you John Parrish
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John Parrish, 90, was born in El Dorado, Ark., in 1923 and grew up in Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl and Great Depression. Those years were also known as “the Dirty Thirties.”