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Raiders end flag football season with loss to Pace

Written by Brian Lester on . Posted in Sports.

Madison Simmons ran with the ball in her hands, looking at first as if she was going to pass before keeping possession of it and weaving through a few defenders for extra yards.

That play defined the second half for the Navarre Raider flag football team, which kept battling even with a comeback out of reach against eighth-ranked Pace last Wednesday.

South end high school opening pushed back to 2026

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in Education, News.

Residents in the Midway area will have to wait another year longer for a new 195,000-square-foot high school to open.

At the April 4 Santa Rosa County School Board meeting, DAG Architects announced that the new south end school’s opening is being pushed back to August 2026. It had originally be planned to open in Fall 2025.

Rebekah Jones’ son arrested after alleged school threats

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in Crime, Education, News.

The teenage son of Rebekah Jones, a data analyst and former Democratic Party candidate for U.S. House, has been charged with intimidation, a second-degree felony.

Jackson Jones, 13, was arrested for allegedly threatening to conduct a mass shooting at Holley Navarre Middle School, where he was previously a student. The threats first came to the attention of Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office March 20, when an East Bay K8 student told school officials about a school shooting threat she saw on social media.

Santa Rosa Historical Society holds local authors event

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in Community.

While Bands on the Blackwater played Friday, March 31, another event in downtown Milton was happening.

At the historic Imogene Theatre, a group of local authors gathered to share their books and their experiences with those who stopped into Santa Rosa County Historical Society’s A Night Without Shakespeare.

South to freedom: Northwest Florida’s role in Underground Railroad

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in Community, History, News.

Northwest Florida is rich in history, but one part of its history has been getting more attention from historians in recent years.

In September 2021, the Pensacola Pass was recognized as an Underground Railroad site by the National Park Service. The following year, in November, Fort Pickens attained the same status. Both sites are part of NPS’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, which consists of 700 listings in 39 states, plus Washington D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Brian Out Loud

Written by Brian Lester on . Posted in Brian Out Loud, Opinion.

Heaven still doesn’t have a newspaper subscription. I know. I can’t believe it either.

I also can’t believe it’s been a year since my dad passed away. 365 days have come and gone.

Passion for football keeps Cameron Dukes on path to chase dream

Written by Brian Lester on . Posted in Sports.

There’s a passion quarterback Cameron Dukes has for the often unforgiving game of football that keeps him pushing ahead to pursue his pro dream.

Sure, the Navarre resident has been knocked down, but he’s always gotten back up, and he understands that you just have to keep betting on yourself.