Volunteers met at the Navarre Chamber of Commerce Thursday morning to begin assembling 200 poles for Take a Kid Fishing, an event celebrating its 11th year.
On the road in a tough environment – not to mention a three-point halftime deficit — the University of West Florida football team looked adversity in the eyes and didn’t blink.
Instead, the reigning NCAA Division II champions dominated the second half of a Top 25 matchup on their way to a 35-17 victory.
Motorists traveling along the Navarre Beach Causeway are still being urged to slow to 20 miles per hour to protect nesting birds. But instead of protecting the hundreds of black skimmers that were there this spring and summer, they’re saving one little new life.
Kyle Chambers rushed for three touchdowns and threw for another score while the defense dominated the second-half as Navarre shook off a slow start and buried Tate 35-14 in the District 1-7A opener for both teams Friday night at Bennett C. Russell Stadium.
Trailing 14-12, Chambers threw the go-ahead touchdown pass with 1:30 to play until halftime as the Raiders took the their first lead of the night and never looked back.
A Milton man has been convicted on charges of supplying a minor with alcohol and then sexually battering the sleeping male victim, according to a press release from the State Attorney’s Office.
Florida’s unemployment rate inched down slightly from July to August, as the labor force continues to grow but the number of people without jobs holds steady.
On Friday, Sept. 17, members of the Preserve Navarre nonprofit filed appropriate paperwork with the Santa Rosa Supervisor of Elections to establish a political action committee (PAC), according to a press release issued that day.
Nick Brahms and the Auburn Tigers are playing in prime time Saturday night when they head to Happy Valley to take on Penn State.
With a white out planned at Beaver Stadium and a capacity crowd of more than 106,000 expected for it, the atmosphere will be loud and electric but that doesn’t bother Brahms, a Navarre alum and starter on the Auburn offensive line.