Navarre weightlifting coach Jay Walls wants his team to compete against the best and his Raiders had an opportunity to do just that March 2 at the Navarre Invitational.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is currently seeking input from the public on proposed changes to the Gag and Black Grouper Recreational Management Measures in the Gulf of Mexico.
AP Environmental Science teacher Ian Turoff just happened to be looking around online when he discovered a great idea for adding to his students’ educational experience of in the classroom.
Would you like to round that up? Firehouse Subs has been asking that question of customers since 2005 when they created the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation. The organization’s mission is to provide funding, life-saving equipment and educational opportunities to first-responders and public safety organizations. Through the nonprofit arm of the company, they have given more than $17 million toward public safety including more than $3.1 million in Florida.
This elusive group is elusive for a reason. They are very humble and do not want any recognition. “Our primary focus is to have the 11 families here for a remembrance ceremony – we do not want any credit,” said one of the members. After a lot of arm twisting, we were able to get the names of those behind the ceremony and the housing and feeding for the more than 150 family members that will be in Navarre this week. They are, Tammy Jones, Jerry Foster, Donna Sue Harvell, Adam Teichner, and Patrick Fitzgerald.
Senior Airman Keifer Huhman, a 2012 Navarre High School graduate, went missing on Superbowl Sunday Feb. 7. After weeks of searching the Dover area, his father Kenneth issued a statement on the Facebook page dedicated to finding his son. Part of the statement reads, “Based off of all the collected evidence, this leads us to believe that Keifer fell off the C&D bridge into the canal. Furthermore, the evidence also considers Keifer’s status to be declared as deceased. Official notification occurred this morning. This decision was not made or taken lightly by the Air Force and Keifer’s family.”
A Gulf Breeze woman with a longstanding history of retail theft and petit theft dating back to 2008 was arrested on Wednesday, Feb. 3 at the Navarre Wal-Mart for theft and battery on a police officer. In the arrest report, Kimberly Lehman, 29, was being followed by Wal-Mart staff because she was accused of taking an employee’s wallet. Deputies responded to the call and a subsequent search of Lehman revealed the employee’s missing items. However, the employee did not wish to press charges.