Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s deputies are still looking for a person they believe is responsible for nearly a half dozen robberies this month alone.

The first robbery occurred nearly a month ago, when thieves broke into the Veterans of Foreign Wars post on the Okaloosa County/Santa Rosa County line.

Just two weeks later, T.C.’s Front Porch, a popular local eatery, and the Navarre American Legion were hit.

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A Fort Walton Beach man was sentenced to life in state prison for his part in a standoff with Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s deputies in 2007.

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A Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Deputy is OK after flipping his patrol car Sunday night.

Deputy Brad Baney, 27, was en route to an armed disturbance around 11:50 p.m. Sunday when his car hydroplaned and spun out of control, landing upside down on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 98.

According to a report issued by the Florida Highway Patrol, Baney’s vehicle was in  “emergency operating mode”  when it struck a palm tree, skidded over a pool of standing water and overturned.

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Last month, a Navarre man admitted his role in a 15-year-old double homicide. Now the only survivor of that vicious 1995 attack is suing for unspecified damages.

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Florida Senate Bill 550 has hit the fan.

The bill, passed by the Legislature in April and signed into law by Gov. Charlie Crist in June, requires septic tank inspections every five years at the owners’ expense, beginning Jan. 1. Cost estimates range from a few hundred dollars for the inspection, which requires the tanks to be pumped out, to as much as $15,000 if the tank and drain field must be replaced.

The inspections program will be administered by the Florida Department of Health, but the law requires private contractors — septic system companies — to do the inspections.

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Several dozen business, government and military officials, as well as curious residents, gathered north of Holley on Monday to celebrate the next step in a journey that started almost two decades ago.

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