Stephen Lee Jernigan, 70 was found dead at his home in the 1800 block of Schnoor Road north of Chumuckla on Wednesday. The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit is investigating. The Sheriff’s Office in a news release said detectives believe foul play was involved and that the death was not a random act; there is no threat to the general public.
The Press Gazette will report further details as they become available.
Bethany Anderson, the City of Milton’s Public Information Officer, released this short statement from City Manager Randy Jorgenson at 3:45 p.m. Monday: “At this time there is no need for a special meeting and the city is in continued contact with the candidate.”
Santa Rosa County District Schools have almost 200 vacancies to fill three weeks before teachers return to the classrooms, but district officials aren’t worried – yet.
Casting Crowns, Tauren Wells, for KING & COUNTRY, and Passion will join evangelist Scott Dawson on stage for UNITE: Gulf Coast beginning at 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, July 21-22, at the Pensacola Bay Center. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
To reserve free tickets or reserve tickets and donate to the UNITE Movement, go to unitesdea.org.
Tallahassee – The Florida insurance market took a hit Tuesday, as Farmers Insurance said it will end residential, auto and umbrella policies in the state, forcing tens of thousands of customers to look elsewhere for coverage.
Darryl and Crystal Belanger are desperately searching for their missing son, Cameron, age 25, since he disappeared on July 1. Darryl told the Press Gazette Wednesday that Cameron has always been in constant contact with them, and it is unlike him not to call or come home. Residents of Fountain, Florida, the Belangers lived in […]
Not too nice. That was Mayor Heather Lindsay’s plea to staff preparing to advertise a request for proposals to develop city-owned property along the Blackwater River.
“My fear is that this will attract the kind of investor who wants to create a glamorous development for very wealthy individuals to have riverfront property,” Lindsay said at the city council’s July 3 executive committee meeting.
A 70-year-old Pace woman was left with minor injuries after a medical episode led to a single vehicle crash along Highway 90 at the Simpson River Bridge Fishing Pier.
According to a Florida Highway Patrol report on the crash, troopers were dispatched at 7:44 a.m. July 11, in response to a single vehicle collision.
