In a match against Stephen F. Austin in November, Kyra McKelvey turned in a big-time performance, the kind of performance fans were used to seeing during her days at Navarre.
McKelvey racked up a career-high 21 kills for Southeastern, which won the match in five sets and extended one of the nation’s longest win streaks to 20.
When Antenney Hemingway retired from the United States Air Force after 15 years, he wanted to still make a difference. He saw coaching as a path to doing just that.
Former junior college athletes now competing at the NCAA level have been granted an extra year if their eligibility is set to expire after the 2024-25 season.
Those were the words Holley Navarre Water System used in a customer alert concerning a break in a 30-inch water transmission main belonging to FairPoint Regional Water System (FRUS). The break occurred Friday, Dec. 20.
The story of the year for 2024 is an easy one to pick. Navarre alum Emily (Madril) Sams winning a gold medal tops anything else across the local sports scene over the last 12 months.
But there were certainly other big stories worth highlighting this year, including a new Raider football coach, success in weightlifting, a big year for the volleyball team and former Raiders doing big things in the pros.
Two photos taken by Navarre resident Jeff Waldorff have been selected to appear in Sea Turtle Conservancy’s annual Sea Turtle Calendar contest for 2025. The photos showcase a sea turtle eating a jellyfish and two hatchlings making their way to the water. Waldorff is known for his nature photography.
Julius Raymond Weems IV, 10, is starring on Broadway in the role of Marlon Jackson in “MJ,” a musical based on the life of Michael Jackson. Weems and his family have moved to New York for Weems’s career, but maintain a residence in Navarre. The ten-year-old’s acting career began less than a year ago with the help of acting coach Jossie Harris, an actress and dancer known as one of the “Fly Girls” on the 1990s sketch comedy show, “In Living Color.”
Navarre family gets home renovated through Make-a-Wish project
Kye and Selena Keenam have been taking care of their grandson, Sawyer Johns, since 2019. Johns, 7, has Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS), a condition which causes seizures and developmental delays. Johns has also suffered from other health issues, which have left him in need of constant care from an in-home nurse. His primary nurse, Crystal Chastain, contacted Make-a-Wish about his story and Johns now has a brand new room and bathroom because of it. Multiple local businesses helped with the remodel, including Off the Walls Murals.
