If you have driven on Granada or Carlos streets in Navarre at any point in the past month, you may have noticed work being done on the lot across from the Childcare Network. There are approximately nine new cottages going in as part of a rental project called Sum Beach Rentals.

Before these cottages, which are not finished, the lot was home to a trailer park that had become dilapidated. The project to create Sum Beach Rentals began when Jeff Perrett, an entrepreneur and developer, bought the property July 15, 2022.

Richard McCool, 67, smiled broadly before making his final remark to the EMTs, dispatchers, drivers and friends gathered in his honor Friday at LifeGuard Ambulance in Milton.

“Really – from the bottom of my heart, thank you,” he said, causing laughter and applause.

Florida Department of Law Enforcement agents arrested Alexander Brian Freehardt, 42, of Navarre, on six counts of electronic transmission of child sexual abuse material, one count of promoting a sexual performance of a child and one count of unlawful use of a two-way communication device, all felony charges.

The case against Freehardt began in January when Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office received a cybertip about an online user sharing child sexual abuse material on a peer-to-peer network, according to a press release from FDLE. Investigators determined that the user was sharing the material from outside of Okaloosa County, and transferred the investigation to FDLE.

Craig Kruse, the Destin developer whose projects are remaking East Milton, died Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. He was 74.

The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office has determined that a photo circulating on social media this week of a gun and ammo was not considered a credible threat against Navarre High School, according to Jillian Durkin, public information officer for the Sheriff’s Office.

The photo, which was sent to the Navarre Press by a concerned parent, included the caption “Wednesday can’t come faster,” with a sad face emoji.