Growing up in Santa Rosa County, Nick and Brittany Herbst were the kids who didn’t have money for school events. And when their two oldest children started school several years ago, they even struggled to meet those extra needs.
When Bart Daughtey and his wife go to the beach, they choose the most isolated stretch of sand they can find. Usually, that’s Beach Access 33A, which is in the middle of the Gulf Island National Seashore about midway between Navarre Beach and Pensacola Beach.
That’s where, about two weeks ago, they discovered the remains of a raft, constructed out of bamboo and rope. They found it not long after Hurricane Ida kicked up other treasures from the Gulf of Mexico, including the old Jet Ski that washed up near the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier.
Motorists traveling along the Navarre Beach Causeway are still being urged to slow to 20 miles per hour to protect nesting birds. But instead of protecting the hundreds of black skimmers that were there this spring and summer, they’re saving one little new life.
Kyle Chambers rushed for three touchdowns and threw for another score while the defense dominated the second-half as Navarre shook off a slow start and buried Tate 35-14 in the District 1-7A opener for both teams Friday night at Bennett C. Russell Stadium.
Trailing 14-12, Chambers threw the go-ahead touchdown pass with 1:30 to play until halftime as the Raiders took the their first lead of the night and never looked back.
On Friday, Sept. 17, members of the Preserve Navarre nonprofit filed appropriate paperwork with the Santa Rosa Supervisor of Elections to establish a political action committee (PAC), according to a press release issued that day.
The intersection of Ortega Street and Onich Drive is underwater following a heavy storm Thursday afternoon that dumped as much as 3 inches of rain in an area already saturated by earlier storms. Public works employees just blocked off the intersection. At least four cars are stalled in the area.
Growing up in a small town in northern Wisconsin, Chris Startz learned how to play cribbage at an early age. The card game uses pegs, placed in a cribbage board, to keep score.
With game point hanging in the balance for Navarre in a tightly contested in-region battle with Tate on the road, Hailey Snider calmly sent her serve over the net.
Moments later, the ball came zipping past her as Tate’s return sailed out of bounds. Snider threw up her arm to signal it was out, stomped her foot and joined her teammates in a celebration on the court that featured wide smiles and joyful screams.
