Navarre, Gulf Breeze top tri-meet
Navarre, Gulf Breeze top tri-meet
Although Milton High School was invited to the Feb. 28 tri-meet track invitational at Navarre High School, it was ultimately Navarre and Gulf Breeze who swept the competition, wrapping up first place spots in all of the events. Navarre’s team came out on top to win the meet with 77 points overall. Gulf Breeze walked … read more
Navarre starts off solid season with new coach
Navarre starts off solid season with new coach
The Navarre High School boys track team has had a successful start to their season under first year head coach Joe Surratt, taking second place in the FCA Panhandle Championship at Booker T. Washington High School on Feb. 25 after it was initially reported that they had won the event. After speaking to Surratt, he … read more
Raiders take down Choctaw, 17-7
Raiders take down Choctaw, 17-7
It only took one inning for the Navarre softball team to show Choctawhatchee High School what they were all about. The Raiders, down 2 over the Indians during their March 7 game at NHS, came back hard in the bottom of the fifth and scored 12 total runs, to finish out the game with a … read more
Woman arrested for third time in five months for trespassing
Woman arrested for third time in five months for trespassing
A Gulf Breeze woman was hit with her third trespassing charge in the past 5 months last Tuesday after surveillance video captured the woman trespassing on a piece of property in Gulf Breeze, which she has an indefinite trespass warning for. The suspect, 55-year-old Lennie Marie was slapped with the second degree misdemeanor charge and … read more
Gulf Breeze man indicted on child porn charges
Gulf Breeze man indicted on child porn charges
A 23-year-old Gulf Breeze man has been indicted for receiving child pornography. The indictment was handed down last week on Thomas E. Matassa, during his first appearance in the U.S. District Court in Pensacola. Investigators say that Matassa possessed child porn involving a child younger than 12 and that he had possession of the illegal … read more
Gulf Breeze Police Report: March 7 – March 13, 2017
Gulf Breeze Police Report: March 7 – March 13, 2017
Wednesday, March 8 On the Pensacola Bay Bridge, Gulf Breeze Police responded to a report of a stalled automobile on the bridge. Upon responding to the scene of the stalled vehicle, police arrested (gave a Notice to Appear to) a Pensacola woman for being in Possession of Marijuana (Under 20 Grams). The 31-year-old was given … read more
Greater Navarre Area Chamber News
Greater Navarre Area Chamber News
TOURISM DIRECTOR TO SPEAK AT CHAMBER BREAKFAST Leading up to the start of the 2017 tourist season, Santa Rosa County Tourist Development Director Julie Morgan, left, will be guest speaker at the March 24 Greater Navarre Area Chamber of Commerce’s monthly breakfast. Morgan will discuss the booming local tourism industry and latest news, including how … read more
Legislation to Keep BP Oil Funds in Northwest Florida Passes First Senate Committee
Legislation to Keep BP Oil Funds in Northwest Florida Passes First Senate Committee
Tallahassee–The Senate Committee on Commerce and Tourism, chaired by Senator Bill Montford (D-Tallahassee), today passed Senate Bill 364, The Recovery Fund for the Deepwater Horizon Incident. The legislation, sponsored by Senator George Gainer (R-Panama City), Senator Doug Broxson (R-Pensacola), and Senator Montford, will ensure funds received in the settlement of the state’s economic damage claims … read more
Two years later
Two years later
Today, March 10 marks the two year anniversary of the deadly Blackhawk Helicopter crash that claimed the life of 11 servicemen in the Santa Rosa Sound in Navarre. Last November, Leadership Santa Rosa Class 29 revealed a memorial in Navarre Park dedicated to those military men who perished in the training exercise accident. The memorial … read more
Robber gets 25 years in prison
Robber gets 25 years in prison
A man who went on a robbing-spree across Santa Rosa and Escambia counties early last year will spend the next 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to his charges out of Santa Rosa County. Lonnie Locks, 19, was charged with Robbery With a Deadly Weapon, Attempted Robbery With a Deadly Weapon Wearing a Mask and … read more
