Founder of National Green Amendments Movement to Discuss Florida Effort for a Right to Clean Water
Founder of National Green Amendments Movement to Discuss Florida Effort for a Right to Clean Water
Maya K. van Rossum, author of The Green Amendment, The People’s Fight For a Clean, Safe & Healthy Environment will be touring Florida for two weeks to talk about her new book, the Green Amendment movement, and how Florida can benefit from securing a constitutional right to clean water as part of its state constitution. … read more
Suspect Turns Himself in After Multi-Hour, High-Speed Chase
Suspect Turns Himself in After Multi-Hour, High-Speed Chase
Grayson Zachary Eagan, 29, turned himself into Santa Rosa County Jail and was booked at 11:06 p.m., December 22 after leading police on a roughly 60-mile, multi-hour chase at speeds up to 180 mph earlier that day. “The speeds were incredible,” said Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson, calling Eagan and “idiot” and noting the … read more
Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office Earns Highest Accreditation Achievement in Florida
Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office Earns Highest Accreditation Achievement in Florida
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday announced it has received the Excelsior Award from the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation and the Florida Corrections Accreditation Commission. The Excelsior Recognition program is the highest level of achievement in Florida accreditation that an agency can receive. Excelsior Recognition is awarded to agencies which have … read more
Lights Bring More Than Christmas Cheer
Lights Bring More Than Christmas Cheer
Tom Petska has been lighting up his home with tens of thousands of Christmas lights since moving to Tiger Point six years ago, and he’s started using the effort to aid local charities. Last year the Petska’s collected donations for Gulf Coast Kids’ House. This year, Tom’s teamed up with the Ice Flyers, and Big … read more
Rebekah Jones Avoids Trial, Admits Guilt in Plea Deal with Prosecutors
Rebekah Jones Avoids Trial, Admits Guilt in Plea Deal with Prosecutors
Rebekah Jones, a former Florida Department of Health data scientist, on December 7 accepted a plea deal with prosecutors, meaning she will avoid a January 23 trial in Leon County on a felony count of offenses against users of (computers). According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, “Evidence retrieved from a search warrant (in … read more
Santa Rosa Commission Chairman Colten Wright Celebrates Thorn’s Snowball Derby Victory
Santa Rosa Commission Chairman Colten Wright Celebrates Thorn’s Snowball Derby Victory
Regina Wright, Driver Derek Thorn and Colten Wright pictured December 4 in Victory Lane at the 55th Annual Snowball Derby at Five Flags Speedway. Photo by Sal Sigala Jr Photography. Santa Rosa County Commission Chairman Colten Wright has enjoyed watching the Annual Snowball Derby since he was four years of age and found himself in … read more
Santa Rosa Educator Awarded for Excellence during Florida’s Inaugural Native American Month Contest
Santa Rosa Educator Awarded for Excellence during Florida’s Inaugural Native American Month Contest
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and First Lady Casey DeSantis last week hosted a Native American Heritage Month reception at the Governor’s Mansion. At the event, the Governor and First Lady announced the winners of an inaugural Native American Heritage Month contest, including S.S. Dixon Educator Justin King. King was one of the recipients in the … read more
Deputies Nab Ex-Con Suspected of Vehicle Theft
Deputies Nab Ex-Con Suspected of Vehicle Theft
Randall T. Carter, 42, was released from prison on November 18 then booked into Santa Rosa County Jail Wednesday for the ninth time in the past decade. Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies were seen December 7 with guns drawn near Andorra and Frontera Streets in Navarre after responding earlier in the day to 8336 … read more
School District Could Spend 56% More on Admin Raises than Negotiated Teacher Pay Increases
School District Could Spend 56% More on Admin Raises than Negotiated Teacher Pay Increases
STORY UPDATE: SCHOOL BOARD ADJUSTS PROPOSED ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF RAISES: Just one day after news broke that a proposed raise for Santa Rosa School District Administrative Staff was 56% higher than the district agreed to fund for teachers, David Godwin, president of Santa Rosa Professional Educators teachers union has announced that the district has reduced the … read more
OPINION: Should a Candidate’s History of Domestic Violence Matter?
OPINION: Should a Candidate’s History of Domestic Violence Matter?
According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Santa Rosa County had 771 cases of Domestic Violence during 2020. That’s up from 627 in 2019. One of those 2019 cases involved Mike Matthews, one of eight candidates seeking to be elected to Holley-Navarre Water System board of directors. Matthews is known in the Navarre area for … read more
