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Raiders have strong showing in preseason softball games

Written by Brian Lester on February 16, 2023. Posted in Sports.

Navarre head softball coach Will Koch was pleased his team picked up a win over Northview in its preseason opener Monday in Gulf Breeze, and yet he was still looking for more out of his team in the wake of a 7-6 win against the Chiefs.

“The first game we weren’t as sharp and didn’t have as much energy. We came out flat,” Koch said. “It was a little concerning. We had a meeting afterwards.”

Driving me crazy

Written by Dusty Ricketts on February 14, 2023. Posted in Opinion.

It’s hard to believe I’ve been back overseeing the Crestview News Bulletin and Santa Rosa’s Press Gazette for more than two months now.

There have been some minor hiccups along the way, more on that later, but overall the job has gone better than I could have hoped.

Eberhardt aims to help motivated Raider weightlifting team have success

Written by Brian Lester on February 14, 2023. Posted in Sports.

Bryce Eberhardt is coming off an impressive junior season in which he finished third at the 3A state meet in the traditional competition of clean and jerk and bench press.

His senior season, however, started off with a bit of a bump in the road, though that is now in the rear-view mirror as the senior standout was back in action last Wednesday in a dual home meet against Niceville.

Cole to play football at Birmingham-Southern

Written by Brian Lester on February 13, 2023. Posted in Sports.

Isaac Cole had a knack for getting pressure on the quarterback this season. And even if he didn’t come away with a sack, the standout defensive lineman for the Navarre Raiders often forced the signal caller to make a decision he probably didn’t want to make.

Now Cole is set to take his talents to the college level where he’ll play ball for NCAA Division III Birmingham-Southern.

103 years: Helen Seagrave recalls lifetime of memories

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on February 10, 2023. Posted in Community.

The milestone for most people is to make it to 100 years, or a century, old. For Helen Seagrave, she has been there and done that. Sunday, Jan. 29, she turned 103.

Seagrave, who has resided at Navarre Gardens on Highway 87 for just over a year, was born in 1920 in Connecticut, near New London.

Out and About

Written by Sandi Kemp on February 8, 2023. Posted in Opinion, Out and About.

For the last week (and more) we have been gathering stories we have written over the past year to submit to the Florida Press Association for the annual journalism awards.

It has been a lot of fun to look back, and also, it’s been very rewarding to really see the talent we have on our team across the three newspapers.

Henry Merrill named substitute teacher of year

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on February 7, 2023. Posted in Education.

Henry Merrill, 76, was sitting in a Bagdad Elementary School classroom when superintendent Dr. Karen Barber and staff from the school came into the room holding flowers.

At first Merrill, who is a substitute teacher, thought he might be in trouble, but soon realized Barber was there for a much different reason.

Gulf Breeze chamber announces 2022 award winners

Written by Staff Reporters on February 7, 2023. Posted in Business.

The Gulf Breeze Area Chamber Foundation hosted its annual awards gala at the Hilton on Pensacola Beach last month. Community leaders, volunteers, and local professionals gathered to celebrate another year of chamber business and to honor the outgoing 2023 chairman, Jonathan Tucker.

American Legion post honors the Four Chaplains

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on February 7, 2023. Posted in Community, Military.

At a ceremony held Sunday, Feb. 5, American Legion Post 382 honored four men who made the ultimate sacrifice 80 years ago. Alexander Goode, George L. Fox, John P. Washington, and Clark V. Poling, known collectively as the “Four Chaplains,” died when their transport ship, the USAT Dorchester, sank in the North Atlantic Ocean.

On Feb. 3, 1943, the Dorchester was headed to Greenland when it was struck by a torpedo from a German U-boat. The ship carried 902 servicemen, merchant seaman and civilian workers. With the ship hit, Goode, Fox, Washington and Poling all leaped into action to help their comrades.

DeSantis visits Milton to announce Broadband Opportunity awards

Written by Ken Garner on February 2, 2023. Posted in News.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visited Milton Thursday to present a $2.36 million Broadband Opportunity Grant to Santa Rosa County leaders.

The popular Republican governor visited the historic Imogene Theatre on Thursday, Feb. 2, to announce the first Broadband Opportunity Grant Program awards to expand broadband internet for Florida’s underserved communities. The Santa Rosa grant will help bring high-speed internet to 791 homes and businesses in the county. Statewide, the program is committing more than $144 million for 58 projects in 41 counties, impacting almost 160,000 unserved residential, educational, business and community locations.