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Fort Walton Beach couple faces animal cruelty charges

Written by Staff Reporters on May 15, 2014. Posted in Crime, News.

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office arrested 32-year-old Jessie Eugene Morris and 25-year-old Amber Leard-Morris of Fort Walton Beach May 9 after deputies responded to a complaint of a man beating a dog with a piece of lumber and then holding it down by its neck with the lumber against its throat.

Pensacola Bay ferry service on the horizon

Written by Staff Reporters on May 15, 2014. Posted in News.

Members of the Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) received an update on the future Pensacola Bay ferry service at their April 9 meeting in Milton. Dan Brown, Gulf Islands National Seashore (GINS) park superintendent, said the ferry service is projected to being in March 2017.

E-2C Hawkeye completes museum’s collection

Written by Staff Reporters on May 15, 2014. Posted in Military, News.

A five-person crew flew a newly-painted E-2C Hawkeye May 9 from Norfolk, Va., to NAS Pensacola. It was the plane’s final flight and shortly after it landed it was presented to the National Naval Aviation Museum. The Hawkeye was the only Navy Fleet aircraft not on display at the museum.

Change of command for helicopter training squadron

Written by Staff Reporters on May 15, 2014. Posted in News.

Cmdr. Robert G. Sinram relieved Cmdr. Matthew J. Bowen of duty as Commanding Officer of Helicopter Training Squadron EIGHT (HT-8) during a Change-of-Command ceremony May 9 at NAS Whiting Field.

Churches key in recovery

Written by Staff Reporters on May 15, 2014. Posted in Faith.

Members of local churches, as well as church facilities are playing big roles in flood recovery in south Santa Rosa County.

Local producers debut documentary set in Africa

Written by Staff Reporters on May 15, 2014. Posted in Community.

A documentary filmed in Africa and produced by a Pensacola-based company is set to make its local debut on the big screen in two weeks.

Helping to fill the pantry

Written by Staff Reporters on May 15, 2014. Posted in Community.

For the seventh year, donations of food collected by letter carriers in Gulf Breeze are benefiting ACTS Ministry at Harbor at Holley Church. The national “Stamp Out Hunger” food drive is in its 22nd year.

Hundreds turnout for food distribution

Written by Staff Reporters on May 15, 2014. Posted in Community.

State Reps. Mike Hill and Doug Broxson partnered May 8 with Farm Share, a nationwide relief organization, to distribute food and supplies to Santa Rosa County residents impacted by the flood. Even before the distribution officially began at 10 a.m., cars were lining up in the Winn Dixie parking lot waiting to receive food and supplies.

Beach firefighters remember fallen brother

Written by Staff Reporters on May 15, 2014. Posted in Beach.

Members of the Navarre Beach Fire Department gathered Saturday around a new flag pole with Lujuana Pickett, the mother of firefighter Allen Acree, who died in a motorcycle wreck in May 2013. The firefighters had not told Pickett the details about the dedication ceremony for the new flag pole.

Tiger Point development order extended

Written by Staff Reporters on May 15, 2014. Posted in News.

Nearly 200 people attended the May 9 Santa Rosa County zoning board meeting. The agenda featured several south end issues, including an unsuccessful request to open a private school in a residential area and approval to extend a development order for 114 units adjacent to Tiger Point Golf Club.