At approximately 10 a.m. Friday Oct. 30, a Cessna 172N registered to Hum’n Byrds Inc., made an emergency landing just west of Navarre Beach in Escambia County.
Navarre Beach felt the impact of the red tide last week as it contributed to respiratory problems for beachgoers and left the sand littered with dead fish.
According to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Department, at approximately 10 a.m. on Nov. 2, the Florida Highway Patrol requested the assistance of the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office in reference to a stolen vehicle. Troopers advised the vehicle was southbound on Highway 87 after running from a trooper during a traffic stop. During the incident, the vehicle came to a stop on Nichols Lake Road in Milton and the suspect ran from the trooper on foot.
Jackie Coyne is only in her first season as the head girls basketball coach at Navarre. And she is setting the bar high for the Raiders despite the fact that they won only two games a year ago.
Something extraordinarily special happens when you bring children into an assisted living community to socialize with the residents. It is difficult to tell who benefits the most, the children or the seniors.
Less than two months after receiving the green light from the Santa Rosa County Board of Commissioners, the Rotary Club of Navarre has safety rescue tubes at every walk over on Navarre Beach. This first-of-a-kind project for the state of Florida is not new to Rotary International. The Navarre Rotary Club is modeling its project after one initiated by fellow Rotarians in Hawaii and North Carolina. “We appreciate what our lifeguards do, but they can’t be there 24-7,” said Rotarian TJ Goulet at a ribbon cutting held this week. With the lifeguards standing down as of Nov. 1, the rescue tubes couldn’t have come at a better time.
The proposed sale of Navarre Beach Water and Sewer would probably involve building a new pipe across Santa Rosa Sound to transfer sewage for treatment at the mainland plant owned by Holley-Navarre Water System.
Marvin Eugene Darby Jr., 20, of Andorra Street in Navarre was arrested Oct. 15 for alleged obstruction of justice in connection with an upcoming burglary trial involving himself and Devin Michael Colonel, 21, of Parkridge Drive in Navarre.
ROLLING FORK, Miss.—The chosen theme for this year’s National Newspaper Week is “Power of the Press,” and that power, it seems to me, is a very relative thing.