When Jeremy Wheatman died sometime before 4:49 Sunday afternoon, it was fitting that his pastor was one of the first Navarre people to hear the news. John Kerns, pastor of Navarre Beachside Church, holds regular services at Navarre Beach, where Jeremy frequently hung out.

Jeremy, who was homeless, would listen from the fringes to the sermon.

William Brown left Navarre Beach July 24 accepting the painful reality that his high school state championship ring had been lost forever.

He believes he lost it the Wednesday night of his week-long vacation here from Arkansas.

A vendor on Navarre Beach found a 1981 Jacksonville (Arkansas) state championship ring last week, and now he’s hoping to get it back to the owner of it.

Ed Duval discovered the ring in the sand near one of the dunes last Monday morning.

On a recent July morning, Andrew Thompson let Bitty and Bentley, his two Yorkshire terriers outside, just as he had done for years.

They had both been outside for about 5 minutes before Bentley came bolting back in. This behavior wasn’t out of the ordinary for Bentley, who is still a puppy, Andrew said. What was out of the ordinary was the fact that 12-year-old Bitty had not come back with Bentley. 

In addition to sportswriter Brian Lester’s usual collection of sports awards, this year he was also selected for a special tribute.

The Jon A. Roosenraad Award for First Amendment Defense was awarded to Brian for his work pressuring the Florida High School Athletic Association into opening a crucial meeting to the public.

After months of debate and community opposition, the Board of County Commissioners voted to deny the request for a lease amendment during Thursday night’s rezoning meeting that would allow RV park construction on Navarre Beach.

The Navarre Beach Leaseholders & Residents Association held its monthly meeting Saturday, July 17 to discuss the possibility of an RV park on Gulf Boulevard.