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Santa Rosa school board blasts online charter school for ‘F’ grade

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on August 18, 2025. Posted in Education, News.

Coastal Connections Academy is in hot water with school board officials after receiving an “F” grade for this past school year.
The online public charter school has contracted with Santa Rosa County for the past four and a half years. CCA is managed through Pearson Virtual Schools, which has two schools in Florida and operates more than 40 across the U.S.

Michael Sandle stays hot at plate in Frontier League

Written by Brian Lester on August 18, 2025. Posted in Sports.

Michael Sandle continues to be effective at the plate for the Frontier League’s Windy City Thunderbolts.

Sandle has appeared in 83 games this season for the Thunderbolts, batting .279.

Bryce Wheeler set to build on breakout sophomore season

Written by Brian Lester on August 17, 2025. Posted in Sports.

Bryce Wheeler remembers going to Navarre Raider football games when he was younger and watching Grady Kelly dominate on Friday nights.

Kelly is now a defensive lineman at Michigan State and Wheeler has drawn comparisons to one of the school’s all-time greats.

Blame it on the rain! Navarre’s Kickoff Classic washed out

Written by Brian Lester on August 15, 2025. Posted in Sports.

Navarre head football coach Garrett Bagley gathered his team in the locker room after Friday night’s Kickoff Classic against Pensacola was canceled and told the players to flip the negative into a positive.

As much as they wanted to play ball against an actual opponent under the lights at Bennett C. Russell Stadium, even if it was the preseason, they had to move on and get ready for next week’s season opener.

State to use prison as detention center

Written by News Service of Florida on August 15, 2025. Posted in Florida News.

Tallahassee – Amid legal wrangling over a controversial immigrant-detention center in the Everglades, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday said the state plans to use a shuttered prison in North Florida to boost detention of people targeted for deportation.

UWF archaeologists turn real discoveries into children’s book series

Written by Staff Reporters on August 15, 2025. Posted in Community.

Two University of West Florida archaeologists have transformed their passion for public outreach and historical storytelling into a new children’s book inspired by real archaeological discoveries made off the Florida coast.

New year, no problem

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on August 15, 2025. Posted in News.

A week before children began flocking the halls of schools across Santa Rosa County, school administrators and Santa Rosa County District Schools personnel were hard at work getting ready for the 2025-26 school year.

From Aug. 4 through Aug. 8, school employees including teachers and front office staff returned to full time work at their respective school sites for a ‘planning week.’

Navarre church pastor hopes conference helps men ‘dig deeper’

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on August 14, 2025. Posted in Faith.

Bishop Mark Williams spends most weekends preaching the Word of God at New Life Deliverance Temple Church (NLDTC) in Navarre.

Code Ninjas opens new location in Midway

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on August 14, 2025. Posted in Business, News.

Code Ninjas, an international afterschool learning center franchise, held an open house Saturday, Aug. 2, marking the first public event the organization has held since moving to their new location in Midway.

Marshall confident, ready to make most of opportunities at UWF

Written by Brian Lester on August 13, 2025. Posted in Sports.

Former Navarre Raider Tyrell Marshall didn’t play his freshman football season at the University of West Florida, though it wasn’t an empty season by any stretch of the imagination.

Marshall still put in work in practice and learned a lot along the way.