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Milton man sentenced for threatening school

Written by Staff Reporters on May 22, 2014. Posted in Crime, News.

A Milton was sentenced May 14 to three years in prison and two years probation on a charge of aggravated stalking stemming from threats he made against a school in Colorado the same day a gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.

Governments approved for FEMA help

Written by Staff Reporters on May 22, 2014. Posted in News.

Based on damage assessments, the federal disaster declaration from recent floods was amended May 14 to provide assistance to governments in Santa Rosa, Escambia, Okaloosa and Walton counties.

Time running out for flood mitigation assistance

Written by Staff Reporters on May 22, 2014. Posted in News.

Properties with severe repetitive flood loss and some with significant repetitive flood claims may qualify for federal mitigation assistance. The deadline to apply for funding is June 6.

Navarre student to be tried as an adult

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

The 16-year-old Navarre High School student who was arrested April 17 for allegedly taking a loaded gun into the school will be prosecuted as an adult, according to Assistant State Attorney James Parker.

Students with special needs play at Raider Games

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

Navarre area students with special needs came out to play games, dance and just have fun at this year’s Raider Sports Ability Games at the Navarre High School fields Friday.

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.

School district reviewing Supreme Court decision on prayer

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

In a divided decision, May 5 the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the right of local government leaders to open meetings with prayer. In a 5-4 vote, the Justices found such prayer does not violate the Constitution, even when stressing Christianity.

West Navarre Intermediate teacher named Rookie of the Year

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

Corrina Nelson, a fourth-grade teacher at West Navarre Intermediate, has been named the 2014 Rookie of the Year. Fellow teachers nominate a rookie each year, and the winners from each of the district’s 33 public schools are up for the top honor, ultimately selected by the Santa Rosa Education Foundation.

SAFER annual meeting full of information

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

About 50 community leaders and volunteers turned out May 7 for SAFER’s 2014 annual meeting. Safer, the Support Alliance for Community Readiness, is the successor organization to the Santa Rosa Long Term Recovery Organization which developed after Hurricanes Ivan and Dennis.

Incorporation heads to voters

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

Gov. Rick Scott May 12 signed numerous bills approved during the 2014 legislative session, and one bill gives voters in the Southwest Florida community of Estero the ability to choose whether or not they would like to become the state’s newest incorporated town.