Santa Rosa Sound is always bubbling with activity, including swimming, kayaking, jet skiing or fishing. So it may come as a surprise to some that the Sound does not meet water quality standards set forth by the state Department of Environmental Protection.
A Navarre woman was arrested March 27 on a charge of animal cruelty after police found one dead hamster and a number of animals living in squalor at a mobile home on the 8200 block of Lucena Street.
Milt Miller grew up in Detroit where his dad, Denver, worked for 43 years on the Wabash Railroad. His mom, Esther, was housewife, but she worked raising Milt, his older half-brother, Warren Sessler, and sisters, Grace, a retired nurse, and Marilyn, also a housewife.
Recently the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office (ECSO) requested investigative assistance from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) regarding missing evidence from drug cases. A multi-agency investigation revealed Joseph Graves, crime lab analyst supervisor in the FDLE Pensacola Regional Crime Laboratory, had processed the related cases. He was relieved of duty Jan. 31 and resigned three days later.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A handyman program that helps seniors stay in their own homes has not changed a great deal since it began as a pilot 42 years ago.
“Oh no,” Art Lynch replied when asked if he and his 10 siblings worked to help their father, a Youngstown, Ohio, steel worker, raise 11 children. “This was toward the end of the Great Depression, so jobs weren’t available to teens because they’d be taking away jobs from adults.