As a grieving Kentucky family prepares to bury their 5-year-old son, Navarre residents continue to keep them in their thoughts and prayers. Zaten Gabriel Clark, son of Travis and Christina Clark, died Saturday night after he fell from the play structure at a floating water park and drowned.

Services will be held at Smith Funeral Home in Morgantown, Kentucky, one week to the day that Zaten died. He was pulled from the Santa Rosa Sound by Holley-Navarre Fire District rescuers just before 7:30 p.m., which was less than 20 minutes after they were first notified.

After bed tax numbers in April nearly doubled those in 2018-2019, parking lots along Gulf Boulevard are at a premium.

“We are at capacity right now on Navarre Beach,” Tourist Development Director Julie White said. “So, this destination is doing extremely well.”

The seniors in the Navarre High School class of 2021 turned their tassels, tossed their caps into the air and got the celebration rolling Saturday night inside the Pensacola Bay Center.

Debate continues about whether an RV park would be allowed on Navarre Beach, with the final decision likely coming before the Board of County Commissioners.

More than 100 people gathered at Navarre Park Memorial Day morning to remember those who gave their life for freedom. Red, white and blue wreaths were hung by the American and POW/MIA flags that flew at half-mast.

Billy Neal loves the American flag. At age 75, Neal still enjoys working outside on flagpoles and making sure the stars and stripes are swaying in the wind.

The Navarre man started his flagpole business in 2001 when he first moved to Navarre and named it “Flying High, Flying Proud.” He has installed flagpoles all over Navarre, including flagpoles at Navarre Press and Cayo Grande Apartments.