Travelers heading west on U.S. 98 Friday, Dec. 29 got an eyeful as a drunk driver upended her car in a ditch. According to a Florida Highway Patrol report, the driver was on her way to a hair appointment around noon and traveling west on 98 when she attempted to make a right-hand turn onto Greenbriar Parkway. More...
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Midway Fire presses for RFP Commissioner Goodin wants bids completed by March 30
BY PAM BRANNON Gulf Breeze News news@gulfbreezenews.com
Santa Rosa County Commissioners decided this week to go out for bids on their countywide ambulance service. But they won't just be asking for one bid. They granted the request by Midway Fire District to ask for two bids from each ambulance service bidding - one including coverage of Midway, and one without Midway included. More...
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Mediacom files appeal to retain channel transmission
BY BRADLEY "B.J." DAVIS, JR. Gulf Breeze News bjdavis@gulfbreezenews.com
Mediacom subscribers found last Friday at midnight that Sinclair Broadcast Group's threats to pull WEAR and WFGX were not idle as the two stations were pulled and Starz Kidz and Family as well as Turner Classic Movies were substituted in their place. More...
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"All those that wonder are not lost!"
I saw a bumper sticker last week that said, "ALL THOSE THAT WONDER ARE NOT LOST.: I say Amen to that! I love bumper stickers, I once wanted to make a living just selling them. They can change attitudes in a single sentence. Some speak louder than entire books on certain subjects. I just love them. More...
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Thursday 7:30 p.m. on NBC The Office: Just because the show is called "The Office" doesn't mean every scene has to take place there. In the new episode "Traveling Salesmen," Andy (guest star Ed Helms) suggests that Michael (Steve Carell) send the staff out on sales calls, with some interesting results. Angela (Angela Kinsey) misses a big deadline, but Dwight's (Rainn Wilson) got her back ... More...
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Information provided by the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office.
FELONIES 12/31/06 Webb, Roger Wayne, 36, W/M, 8600 block of Tabira Street, Navarre, vehicle theft Williams, Daniel Ryan, 19, W/M, 9400 block of Octavia Lane, Navarre, burglary, larceny, less than $5,000 Haynes, Dennis Kay, 41, W/F, 1700 block of Galvez Drive, Gulf Breeze, narcotics equipment More...
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On Jan. 5, the community lost the beloved K-9 officer, "Ace." Ace was with the Gulf Breeze Police Department for the past seven years, serving the past year with his handler Officer Mark Lyster assigned to Gulf Breeze High School as part of the School Resource Officer program. More...
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Freshman scores hat trick vs. Lincoln in first game back from broken leg
The Gulf Breeze Lady Dolphin soccer team scored two in the first 15 minutes to hand Washington its first loss of the season 3-0 Thursday in Pensacola. The win for the Lady Dolphins (16-3-3) was the first in the last four meetings with the Lady Cats (14-1-3), who tied Gulf Breeze 0-0 earlier this season and ended the Lady Dolphins' season last year in the regional final. More...
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Mrs. Sylvia Kathleen Sanders, age 78 of Gulf Breeze, Florida, and originally from Dothan, Alabama, died on Thursday, December 28, 2006, at a nursing home in Gulf Breeze, Florida. Mrs. Sanders was born in Sumrall, Mississippi, to Owen B. and Meredith K. Woodruff Brewer on March 12, 1928, and had resided in the Northwest Florida area for the past six years. She was Methodist in her faith. Mrs. More...
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Thursday, Jan. 11 Santa Rosa County Commission Regular Meeting, 9 a.m., Commissioner's Board Room, 6495 Caroline Street, Milton Executive Board Meeting, 11:30 a.m. More...
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Reminiscing through Christmas cards
As the new year came in, I started collecting the Christmas cards I had displayed around the house on every shelf, windowsill and table, but they looked so nice I was reluctant to remove them. Suddenly I realized that there was one card missing. This card had always arrived early every year from Frank, one of our very best friends. More...
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Trend goes far beyond grills and ice chests
It was an afterthought, but the outdoor kitchen Nick Marziliano had custom-built after he and his family moved into their home has become an essential part of their life in Clovis, Calif. "We made this an extension of the house," says Marziliano, coowner of Sam's Italian Deli & Market in Fresno. "I'm out here first thing in the morning, having coffee and watching TV. More...
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Celebrate King's legacy, build ramps for freedom
As the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday celebrates its 21st year, I cannot help recalling a quote from the man himself: "Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'" How fitting that on Jan. 15, we will celebrate not only Dr. King's life, but also his passion for service to others through the Martin Luther King Day of Service. More...
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GB Hospital's Harriman now Sr. VP of Baptist