A Navarre woman has admitted to embezzling thousands of dollars from an organization her own children stood to benefit from. Paula Kerry Nevius, 36, is accused of helping herself to $13,500 from the Holley-Navarre Primary School Parent Teacher Organization.

Santa Rosa County teachers are up in arms over what they claim is an overly restrictive policy governing educators’ use of technology, and specifically social media websites, such as Facebook. The Santa Rosa Professional Educators, the union that represents Santa Rosa County teachers and staff, had...

Four Navarre residents were arrested last week on charges of grand theft, dealing in stolen goods and fraud. Kristen Renee McDaniel, 21; Jaclyn Marie Flanakin, 25; Keith Richard Galante, 38; and Edward Melville Turner, Jr., 35, are accused of swindling goods from one Wal-Mart to another in an effort...

TEAM Santa Rosa is courting an aerospace company that could become the first tenant at a controversial county industrial park. Cindy Anderson, TEAM Santa Rosa Economic Development Council Inc.’s executive director, said during her annual report to the county commission in August that a company TEAM...

School officials missed guessing the exact number of enrollments at Santa Rosa County schools this year by less than 0.3 percent, but they still will struggle to meet class-size requirements.

Four open Gulf Breeze City Council seats will be filled without an election. Mayor Beverly Zimmern and councilmen Dick Fulford, Dana Morris and J.D. Schluter all qualified for the Nov. 2 city election, but only Fulford had a qualified challenger, David Landfair. Fulford withdrew from the race on Thursday...

Navarre High School’s hard hitting defense not only handcuffed Fort Walton Beach’s running and passing attacks, but it also set up the Raider offensive with a fumble recovery in the third quarter that led to a touchdown. The Raiders scored again in the final quarter to open their season with a 14-0...

A recent outbreak of salmonella stemming from tainted eggs has not affected residents in Florida. Still, in a news release issued last week, officials from the Centers for Disease Control are urging residents not to eat recalled eggs, and to exercise caution when consuming and cooking eggs. Though...

To look at 21-year-old Alexandra, you might think she’s a typical 20-something. Sitting casually at a cafeteria table, she seemed relaxed, comfortable even. She is tall, smiles easily and a trendy sweater is draped over her slender shoulders.  Her makeup is low-key and expertly applied and, save...

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