As Pace celebrated a thrilling victory Thursday night, several of the Navarre soccer players gathered around their goalie after a penalty kick shootout dashed the Raiders’ hopes of playing for a district championship.
Kimberly McChesney, a former Gulf Breeze Elementary School assistant principal, has been placed in a new role within the district after an investigation found no evidence of wrongdoing related to events at the end of the 2024-25 school year.
McChesney, who was placed on administrative leave in August 2025 after her son, Matthew McChesney, was arrested in July on a charge of possession of child pornography, has been reassigned to the Blended Academy. She will serve as assistant principal of the school, which offers a hybrid model of online education and in-person support.
Navarre’s boys basketball team wraps up the regular season this week and has shown is it making strides this year under first year head coach Todd Arasmith.
Aden Ottley had a good look at the goal and knew he had an opportunity to make something happen.
With under 10 minutes to play in a tightly contested District 1-6A quarterfinal against Crestview on Wednesday, the senior fired a shot right past the goalie, breaking a scoreless tie and ultimately shifting the momentum in the Navarre Raiders’ favor.
Abi Hackl made back-to-back 3-pointers in the third quarter of Navarre’s girls basketball game against Pace, firing up her teammates and the crowd as the Raiders extended their lead against the Patriots.
Hackl is a role player, so she doesn’t normally grab the spotlight. But this was her time to shine and she made the most of it in a 59-37 win.
Gabby Johnson stepped onto the podium twice during the District 1-3A girls weightlifting meet last Monday at Pace.
The senior finished third for Navarre in Olympic and traditional in the 199-lbs. weight class, helping the Raiders finish second overall as team. But her success only tells part of her story.
Steve Chard pulls up in his kayak to a boat ramp in Moore Haven, Florida, on Dec. 29 and a man who is fishing asks what he’s doing.
Chard tells him about his journey and the purpose behind it and is offered a place to stay for the night. It’s day 166 of his Great Loop adventure.
Late last month, a Milton resident posted a picture of a river otter swimming through Annie’s Basin near the Blackwater River. The woman was on her dock when a little furry head stuck out of the water.
While not an uncommon sight, river otters are not exactly the poster child for Florida animals. Despite not being as famed as alligators, manatees and Florida panthers, river otters play an important ecological role.
