Republican Senate candidate Don Gaetz said that he will not support a vote on Navarre’s incorporation until a non-binding referendum is officially added to the ballot in Santa Rosa County and shows that a majority of residents are in favor of incorporating.
While it only lasted a few innings, before rain forced their game’s postponement, Miracle League of Santa Rosa County participants were having a blast playing baseball Thursday, Oct. 3.
Dr. Elaine Sharp, the Gulf Breeze doctor at the center of an alleged pill mill operation, is behind bars. Sharp, 72, was booked into Escambia County Jail Thursday, Oct. 3, and transferred to Santa Rosa County lockup the next day. No charge was given on the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office’s Jail view website at the time, but Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced the charges Oct. 4.
Sharp is facing a slew of charges including murder, manslaughter, conspiracy to commit racketeering, unlawfully prescribing for monetary gain, unlawfully prescribing not medically necessary, conspiracy-trafficking oxycodone of 100 grams or more, conspiracy-trafficking hydromorphone of 28 grams or more, conspiracy-trafficking hydromorphone of 100 grams or more, and money laundering.
Dr. Elaine Sharp, the doctor at the center of an alleged pill mill operation in Gulf Breeze, is behind bars. Sharp, 72, is being held in Escambia County Jail on no bond after she was booked into jail Thursday, Oct. 3, just after 1 p.m.
No charge was given on the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office’s Jail view website due to it being for an out-of-county warrant. According to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office, Sharp is being charged with two counts of homicide.
At one point last week, 64 of Florida’s 67 counties were under a hurricane or tropical storm warning. Santa Rosa County, Okaloosa County and Escambia County were the three not under that type of warning.
Republican Senate candidate Don Gaetz said he will not support a bill for Navarre’s incorporation until a non-binding referendum is officially added to the ballot in Santa Rosa County and shows that a majority of residents are in favor of incorporating.
Santa Rosa County Animal Services dog adoption operations remain closed at the shelter facility until Mon., Oct. 7 due to a bacterial illness called Mycoplasma cynos. SRCAS shelter and medical staff are treating the affected dogs and hope to be clear for regular adoption operations next week. Cat adoptions remain open.
With animal shelters across the nation facing an overcrowding crisis, thousands of highly adoptable pets are waiting for their second chances. Santa Rosa County Animal Services (SRCAS) is proud to partner with BISSELL Pet Foundation, a national animal welfare organization dedicated to ending pet homelessness, for its Fall National “Empty the Shelters.” From October 1 – 15, BISSELL Pet Foundation will sponsor reduced adoption fees of $50 or less at more than 390 shelters in 44 states. All adoption fees at SRCAS will be just $10 for both cats and dogs, October 1 – 15. View adoptable pets online at www.santarosa.fl.gov/405/Search-Adoptable-Pets.
Santa Rosa County has its very first Veterans’ Treatment Court for justice-involved Veterans and Judge Tony Giraud admitted three Veterans to his first court Sept. 11. He will admit 10 more Sept. 25.
