Detectives with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office are currently working a death investigation. At this time, the death is believed to have been an accidental drowning.
Florida’s unemployment rate ticked up to 5.1 percent in July, as state officials pointed to people continuing to re-enter the labor force during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pointing to what it described as the “irrationality” of the ban, the National Rifle Association has urged a federal appeals court to reject a 2018 Florida law that prevents people under age 21 from buying guns.
The City of Gulf Breeze Mayor and Council in partnership with the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) invites City residents to a Black Bear Town Hall Meeting on Wednesday, August 25, 2021, at 6:00 P.M.
Two days after more than between 500 and 800 gallons of virgin motor oil spilled at Loves Travel Stops and Country Stores in Milton, the spill was reported to the Department of Environmental Protection.
Organizers of a Halloween haunted trail are seeking a variance to the noise ordinance for an event held Friday and Saturday evenings beginning in late September and ending just before Halloween.
The Halloween-themed trail is in Jay and proceeds support the Santa Rosa Kids House and various high school programs, the application states.
The 36th Annual Navarre Mardi Gras Parade is on the calendar for Feb. 19, pending Tuesday’s approval by the Board of County Commissioners.
The parade, which was cancelled this year due to concerns about crowding during the ongoing pandemic, draws about 40,000 spectators, according to the letter submitted to the BOCC with the application.