Okaloosa Man Pleads Guilty to Trying to Defraud Gaetz Family of $25M
Okaloosa Man Pleads Guilty to Trying to Defraud Gaetz Family of $25M
Stephen M. Alford, 62, of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, pled guilty today to one count of wire fraud related to his attempt to illegally obtain $25 million, purportedly in exchange for securing a Presidential Pardon. The plea was announced by Jason R. Coody, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. At his … read more
Milton Man Gets Life in Prison for Sexual Battery on a Child
Milton Man Gets Life in Prison for Sexual Battery on a Child
State Attorney Ginger Bowden Madden announces that on November 18, 2021, Dean Bruno Lainhart was sentenced to life in Florida’s Department of Corrections by Santa Rosa County Circuit Court Judge Darlene Dickey on two counts of Capital Sexual Battery Upon a Person less than 12 years of age, defendant over 18 years of age. The … read more
Florida Blocks COVID-19 Mandates During Special Session
Florida Blocks COVID-19 Mandates During Special Session
Florida House District 2 Representative Alex Andrade on Tuesday presented House Bill 7B, legislation he sponsored, removing the state’s health officer’s authority to order vaccinations during declared public health emergencies. It was one of four bills passed by the legislature during this week’s special session. Photo by Florida House District 3 Representative Jayer Williamson. During … read more
Adams Sanitation Sues Santa Rosa County, Alleges Public Records Violations
Adams Sanitation Sues Santa Rosa County, Alleges Public Records Violations
Adams Sanitation on November 12 filed a lawsuit in Santa Rosa County Civil Division against Santa Rosa County, alleging violation of Florida Public Records Act, Chapter 119 of the Florida Statutes. According to the complaint, Adams cited the County’s repeated failure to produce records directly responsive to public records requests and seeks, among other things, … read more
Gulf Breeze Will Do Announces 2021 Grant Winners
Gulf Breeze Will Do Announces 2021 Grant Winners
Gulf Breeze Will Do, a women’s philanthropic group, awarded more than $35,000 in grants at its annual meeting on November 14, 2021. Gulf Breeze Will Do (GBWD) was born out of a group of Gulf Breeze women who formed an organization that could serve as a funding tool to help other nonprofit organizations and individuals … read more
Eglin firefighters provide aid, save lives during Operation Allies Refuge
Eglin firefighters provide aid, save lives during Operation Allies Refuge
When Tech. Sgt. Travis Cumpston approached the unconscious 5-year-old girl, he said his first thought was she reminded him of his own daughter. The deployed 96th Test Wing firefighter, on board a just-arrived C-17 full of Afghanistan refugees, tried to revive the girl as her panicked mother watched behind him. With no response, Cumpston picked … read more
PFAS Release Confirmed Within Well Field Protection Area
PFAS Release Confirmed Within Well Field Protection Area
The U.S. Navy has confirmed a PFAS release area at OLF Santa Rosa, which is located inside the Santa Rosa County Well Field Protection Area. OLF Santa Rosa is located just south of Interstate 10 off Hwy. 87 S in East Milton. Information about when the release(s) took place have not yet been provided, but … read more
$985K Shoreline Park Wetlands Trail Boardwalk Project Starts This Week
$985K Shoreline Park Wetlands Trail Boardwalk Project Starts This Week
The Shoreline Park Wetlands Trail Boardwalk Project construction will start this week, and a ribbon-cutting is planned for the Summer of 2022. The Wetlands Trail Boardwalk will provide a direct connection between the 4-mile multi-use loop (under construction), Gulf Breeze Community Center, Shoreline Park South, wetlands and Santa Rosa Sound. Environmental education opportunities will be … read more
Navy expands drinking water investigation near NAS Whiting Field
Navy expands drinking water investigation near NAS Whiting Field
The U.S. Navy is expanding the area the to test drinking water wells during its ongoing private drinking water testing around Naval Air Station Whiting Field and its Outlying Landing Fields (OLFs) in Florida and Alabama for the emerging, national environmental issue of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances). Based on sampling results from private drinking … read more
Gulf Breeze Zoo Welcomes Two Maned Wolves to its Pack
Gulf Breeze Zoo Welcomes Two Maned Wolves to its Pack
Gulf Breeze Zoo is excited to announce a new species to its grounds with the recent arrival of a sibling pair of maned wolves named Stella and Cieza. As representatives of their declining South American canine species, Stella and Cieza will play vital roles in protecting the future of maned wolves from their new habitat in … read more
