Even Bobby Burkett was a little stunned at all the support he received Tuesday night at the polls. Burkett, who spent 25 years working for Santa Rosa County, won decisively in a crowded field in th…
Oscar Locklin and Elizabeth Hewey will head to a run-off in the district 2 school board race, after neither candidate reached 50% of the vote to earn a majority of the vote. Locklin received 46% of…
The voters of Santa Rosa County spoke loudly on Election Day, choosing to elect two new county commissioners. Rhett Rowell defeated incumbent James Calkins and challenger Jerry Couey to win the dis…
UPDATE: The evacuation order has been lifted. ——————– Residents of Mary Kitchens Road and southeast of Mary Kitchens Road in the Garçon Point area should e…
During a week of training across the county in July, every member of the cafeteria and food service staff at Santa Rosa District Schools got an in-depth look at how their new employer, Chartwells, …
Navarre Beach Lifeguards is celebrating a milestone for its agency. Earlier this month, Senior Lifeguard Makayla Ludwick won a national championship in the swim rescue competition at the United Sta…
A 54-year-old Navarre man was lifelighted with critical injuries after a crash on State Road 87 on Sunday, according to a report from Florida Highway Patrol. A Ford F-150, occupied by only the driv…
After a decade in the custody of Florida State Hospital in Chattahoochee, Brandon Aydelott, 28, is heading to a “step down” facility per a judge’s order. He has been in the State Hospital following…
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is seeking participants to help identify images of eastern indigo snakes, listed as federally threatened, from a database of digital trai…
Santa Rosa County is cracking down on boaters who tie their vessels to a county dock for extended periods of time, beyond the purpose of loading and unloading.
