Local band releases album
Local band releases album
MadLovE front man and Pensacola native Terrence “Tee” Williams, aka Precise, likes to say he plays the esophagus. The band’s vocalist first took the stage at 10 with his brothers, then moved on to writing and performing on his own. “I started writing when I was 18,” Williams recounts. “I just wrote poetry, what I … read more
Former leaseholders’ president eyed to lead again
Former leaseholders’ president eyed to lead again
A familiar face may return to the helm of the Navarre Beach Leaseholders Association. Teresa Pack has agreed to serve again after current president Tim Keohane announced he’s stepping down after a one-year term. Although Keohane could serve an additional year, he told about 24 attendees at the group’s Sept. 19 meeting that he’s … read more
Sound vision
Sound vision
A group of local leaders share a vision to clean up Santa Rosa Sound, and the plan includes stopping the daily discharge of effluent into the waterway and eliminating septic tanks along its shoreline. “We have too much of our effluent going into the Sound and the bay — and not just in Navarre and … read more
Deputy jailed for child abuse
Deputy jailed for child abuse
A Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Deputy has been placed on administrative leave after he was booked into Santa Rosa County Jail on child abuse charges last week. SRSO Deputy Joshua White, 31, was arrested last Friday following an investigation by the sheriff’s office of alleged child abuse in which an individual came forward alleging the … read more
Citizens pay respects to fallen hero
Citizens pay respects to fallen hero
South end residents gathered along Hwy. 98 Tuesday morning to pay their respects to Staff Sgt. Forrest Sibley, of Pensacola, as his funeral motorcade was driven through the area on the way to Pensacola. Sibley, 31, was gunned down Aug. 26 at a vehicle checkpoint in Afghanistan. Capt. Matthew Roland was also killed in the … read more
City supporting installation of U-turn intersection near GBHS
City supporting installation of U-turn intersection near GBHS
The City of Gulf Breeze is finally cutting ties with one of the most accident prone cut throughs in their jurisdiction, and in the same note is eyeing the possibility of allowing the Florida Department of Transportation to add a U-turn lane for eastbound traffic near the same intersection. The city passed a resolution at … read more
County approves site for Blackhawk Memorial
County approves site for Blackhawk Memorial
To pay respect to the 11 servicemen who perished back in March after the helicopter they were training on went down in the sound, Leadership Santa Rosa Class 29 is stepping up to help erect a memorial in Navarre Park , and is already on the road to raising the money for the project. Back … read more
BOCC eyes transportation needs
BOCC eyes transportation needs
Santa Rosa County is entitled to a portion of ECAT and Okaloosa County transit money, Commissioners said at the September 8 commission meeting, and the Board’s studying ways to leverage those funds for local service. Santa Rosa falls into both the Escambia and Ft. Walton Beach urbanized areas. Those areas receive State and Federal grant … read more
Tempers high at budget meeting
Tempers high at budget meeting
Santa Rosa commissioners approved a final 2016 budget Tuesday night; but things got tense when two county employees chastised the Board for holding out on County worker raises while Commissioners received one. “Did you all get raises?” Clerk of Courts employee Joan Malley asked the Board. Commissioners affirmed they had received raises. Officials noted that … read more
Wreck snarls traffic near The Ranchettes
Wreck snarls traffic near The Ranchettes
A Gulf Breeze woman escaped injury last Friday after she struck a Honda Accord driven by a Dothan resident who was attempting to cross US Hwy. 98 at Rancho Villa Drive. According to the Florida Highway Patrol incident report, 37-year-old Brooke Harrelson of Alabama was stopped at the stop sign of Rancho Villa Drive and … read more
