Florida has the third highest number of sex trafficking cases in the country. These victims, frequently young girls roughly 12-years-old, are forced into prostitution where they may see as many as 30 “johns” or purchasers of sex, a night.
Monday’s county commission meeting was interesting to say the least. Two chambers on the agenda presented applications to host the same event in different years. It is the same event that the Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce (NBACOC) has hosted for 10 years with a new venue. They built the event, grew it and made it a great success. And now the Greater Navarre Area Chamber of Commerce (GNACOC) wants to ride on their coattails by snatching the event out from under the NBACOC in 2018. But let’s be honest, the divide goes much deeper than one event.
Negotiations for teacher and staff contracts in Santa Rosa County that began in August have reached an impasse as the Santa Rosa Professional Educators and district representatives remain roughly $1.2 million apart on the level of pay raises.
From a tennis clientele in Pensacola to off-road vehicle enthusiasts riding a remote trail near Milton, Coastal Concessions seems to have a diverse customer base and be an extensive enterprise as depicted on its website.
Candles, rose petals and live music were everywhere at Juana’s Club Pagoda Monday night, Feb. 13, as the Navarre Snowbirds Club hosted the annual Sweethearts Dinner and Dance on Navarre Beach.
If there is anything Navarre’s boys basketball team can take consolation in after Friday’s 65-54 loss to Niceville in the District 1-8A title game, it is that Navarre will get to play at least one more time.
Spring training begins this week in Major League Baseball, but the high school teams in Florida have been swinging the bats and fielding grounders for several weeks already.
