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Iconic Navarre homeless man led complicated life

Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on December 28, 2021. Posted in News.

After a lifetime of hard living, a homeless local man who loved Navarre has died.

Known by some as Billy the Beach Bum, Billy James Joseph Price was 41 when his body was found Dec. 20 in his campsite at Pensacola’s Graffiti Bridge.

Navarre football standouts looking forward to National Combine

Written by Brian Lester on December 28, 2021. Posted in Sports.

Four Navarre Raider football players are heading to the Lone Star State next week for the National Combine.

Linebacker Christian Caballero and offensive linemen Ethan Newman, Caleb Akers and BK Kast received invites and will have an opportunity to show off their skills this week in a three-day event (Jan. 6-8) at the Alamodome in San Antonio.

10 Things DeSantis Wants in 2022 Session

Written by News Service of Florida on December 28, 2021. Posted in Florida News.

Gov. Ron DeSantis recently released a $99.7 billion budget blueprint for the 2022 legislative session and has touted a series of other proposals.

Construction set to begin to replace Simpson River bridge

Written by News Service of Florida on December 27, 2021. Posted in News.

Construction activities are scheduled to begin the week of Monday, Jan. 3 on the U.S. 90 bridge replacement project over Simpson River in Santa Rosa County.

Florida, Texas see largest population increases

Written by News Service of Florida on December 27, 2021. Posted in Florida News.

Florida trailed only Texas in population increases from 2020 to 2021, while the nation had the slowest growth rate in its history, according to information released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Florida grew by 211,196 residents from July 1, 2020, to July 1, 2021, to a population of 21,781,128, the census estimates show. Texas grew by an estimated 310,288 residents to a population of 29,527,941.

Lighting up a local hero’s night

Written by Staff Reporters on December 24, 2021. Posted in Business.

A nurse, his wife and their son were in for a bright holiday surprise. Gulf Power “elves” decorated the family’s home in Gulf Breeze for the holidays with thousands of energy-efficient LED lights, solar-powered decorations and additional energy-efficient décor.

Longtime corrections leader Wainwright dies

Written by News Service of Florida on December 23, 2021. Posted in Florida News.

Louie Wainwright, a longtime leader of Florida’s corrections system whose name is on the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision Gideon v. Wainwright, died Thursday in Tallahassee. He was 98.

Biden taps Abudu for federal appeals court

Written by News Service of Florida on December 23, 2021. Posted in Florida News.

Pointing to an effort to ensure diversity in the court system, President Joe Biden on Thursday nominated Southern Poverty Law Center attorney Nancy Gbana Abudu for a seat on the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which hears cases from Florida, Georgia and Alabama.

Discovering the real history of Navarre: When Navarre was Eagan

Written by Staff Reporters on December 23, 2021. Posted in Community.

The area of South Santa Rosa County that we call Navarre currently considers the surveying and platting of Guy H. Wyman in 1925 as our beginnings.

Navarre Press has further traced one of its earlier forms of existence to a settlement called Eagan.

Plans underway for Navarre’s centennial

Written by Staff Reporters on December 23, 2021. Posted in Community.

Navarre will be celebrating its 100-year anniversary in 2025, and a local group is already planning the festivities.

According to committee member Frankie Gibbs, the committee held its first in-person meeting Dec. 9.