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In Monday night’s executive committee meeting,  Milton council members unanimously rejected of a proposed public event due to its ‘redneck’ theme.
The issue was brought before the council during t…

Local non-profit organizations have a 4 p.m. deadline April 17 to apply to the United Way of Santa Rosa County (UWSRC) for consideration for a $17,005 grant from the Emergency Food and Shelter Nation…

Santa Rosa County Clerk of Court Don Spencer announces a one day only savings of 40 percent on collection fees for past due traffic tickets, court cost, fines and fees.

Julie White, a Milton native, did not anticipate the online reaction she received in reference to a recent trip the Milton KFC location.

Kim Cato-Chalmers with the SRC Fair Association said she believes there are many like herself who "enjoy a tasty adult beverage with her corndog.

The need to repair a 2.8 mile stretch of Berryhill Road between Chumuckla Highway and Pond Creek Bridge is evident but the county’s population growth complicated funding the project. Breaching 150,00…

The Bagdad Millsite Park promises to be robust by all accounts, but delays due to weather and unknown remnants of the previous occupants have pushed back the grand opening to mid to late summer. Bagd…

Library Closures
Santa Rosa County Libraries will be closed Friday & Saturday, April 3-4 in observance of Good Friday.  Libraries will resume normal business hours on Monday, April 6.
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A scurvy lot of sea dogs took to the Blackwater River pier, Saturday, to mark the Blackwater Pyrates’ change of command.

Average retail gasoline prices in Pensacola have fallen 0.9 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.36/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 249 gas outlets in Pensacola. This …