Kayla Barton almost turned her car around twice on the way to Navarre Beach from Dothan, Ala. Her back hurt and it started raining during the more-than-two-hour drive. But, she kept moving forward — and she’s sure glad she did.
One of our favorite Navarre events is back. The Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce Thursdays in the Park Concert Series starts tonight, and as co-hosts of the event, we invite everyone to come out and enjoy the music. Admission is FREE. Tonight’s performance happens to be the kickoff of another great event happening in Navarre, The First Annual Songwriter’s Festival. You can see ads about both of these events in our paper this week to get all of the details and schedules.
A former Santa Rosa County principal, who was removed following a December 2012 incident which took place away from school, has filed a lawsuit against the Santa Rosa Professional Educators (SRPE), a labor union representing teachers, and Rhonda Chavers, SRPE president, citing slander and libel.
Raider Games is an exceptional event for exceptional students. Held Friday at Bennett C. Russell Stadium, home of Navarre High School’s football, soccer, and track and field teams, Raider Games isn’t about winning and losing. The games are about what games should be about – playing.
When Frank Thompson left Montgomery, Ala., to live in West Palm Beach, he was too young to remember a Montgomery snowfall, but after graduating from John I. Leonard High School, he joined the Army and got more snow than he wanted.
Navarre High School distance jumpers Nick Benton and Elijah Appel are the only Raiders competing at the Class 3A state track and field meet Friday, May 3, at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville.
Unknown shooters fired bullets into at least two south Santa Rosa County homes in recent weeks, and narrowly missing boys at a sleepover in the most recent incident.
In another case of drugs ruining lives, one man was killed and another is in jail on felony charges following an explosion last Thursday in Gulf Breeze. And now a mother has a cautionary tale to tell of a “sweet” boy who made a bad choice and paid the price.
One of the world’s largest labor unions is helping Santa Rosa County school bus drivers make their case against Durham School Services’ local operation.
