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Studies show red-light cameras increase accidents

Written by Carmen Reynolds on February 18, 2016. Posted in News.

The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles’ recently released report indicates red-light cameras at intersections increase accidents cumulatively by nearly 15 percent. This finding is in direct opposition to the reasons provided for placing red-light cameras into service.

Plane crash claims life of local doctor

Written by Staff Reporters on February 18, 2016. Posted in News.

James Shumbert and Dr. Sheryl Roe were killed Feb. 11 when a small plane they were in crashed into the Gulf of Mexico off of Henderson Beach in Destin. The couple was flying in from Texas to celebrate Valentine’s day on the Emerald Coast.

County in quandary over missing lease fees

Written by Staff Reporters on February 11, 2016. Posted in News.

The mystery of why $180,000 in lease fees from 14 Navarre Beach condominium units weren’t paid to the county since the 1980s has government officials and the homeowners searching for answers.

Gulf Breeze may seek changes to bridge plan

Written by Staff Reporters on February 11, 2016. Posted in News.

The Gulf Breeze City Council has a short wish list for construction of the new $450 million Pensacola Bay Bridge: Move the southbound landing to relieve a recurring bottleneck on U.S. Highway 98.

Out and About

Written by Sandi Kemp on February 4, 2016. Posted in Opinion, Out and About.

Tonight (Thursday) is the Girls’ Basketball Regional Quarter Finals and they are being held at Navarre High School. When they win…they will play Tuesday either Niceville or Lincoln, depending on the outcome of their games tonight. If for some reason the unforeseen happens – then they will have had a great season otherwise.

County officials encourage local voters to get out to the polls

Written by Staff Reporters on February 4, 2016. Posted in Community.

The right to vote, one of the most important features of American history and culture, has been a revered and even coveted privilege amongst the American people. The action of a cast ballot has helped to create and shape the United States of America since its inception. Hand-in-hand with our other constitutional rights, the right to vote has helped assure freedom to America and its citizens. However, this right, like so many others, only goes as far as the people are willing to exercise it.

Gulf Breeze asks for bed tax sharing to resume

Written by Staff Reporters on February 4, 2016. Posted in Community.

Start sharing again.

That’s the message of Gulf Breeze city officials to Santa Rosa County, which has stopped distributing a portion of tourist taxes that had reached nearly $150,000 annually.

Ex-Navy sniper aims to help other vets

Written by Staff Reporters on February 4, 2016. Posted in News.

Kevin Lacz, a former Navy SEAL who played himself in the 2014 hit movie “American Sniper,” now lives in Navarre and, with his wife Lindsey, is the heart and soul of a new veterans outreach effort.

Grant request may inflate Tough Mudder’s benefit

Written by Staff Reporters on February 4, 2016. Posted in News.

Every hotel and motel room in Santa Rosa County would have to be filled for an entire week in April by Tough Mudder enthusiasts to achieve the economic impact of the two-day event as estimated in a request for state funding filed by the Tourist Development Office.

Food-insecurity among Santa Rosa County seniors

Written by Staff Reporters on January 28, 2016. Posted in News.

Food-insecurity, as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture, is “a household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.”