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Just weeks after a new Wawa location opened on Berryhill Road, drivers will soon see the famous golden arches standing tall along the roadway.

Santa Rosa County’s clerk of court announced Nov. 5 that he has returned more than $2 million in unspent funds to the county commission, marking the second year in a row with a budget surplus.

The City of Milton voted to keep its longtime mayor and elected a political newcomer to the City Council on Nov. 3.

A Milton man is being held without bond after police say he attempted to strangle a man and stabbed him during a fight inside the man’s home Nov. 1.

Free Thanksgiving-themed food boxes will be handed out to 500 families at a drive-through location in Milton later this month.

The Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County will hold a drive-through rabies vaccine clinic for local pets from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, at Pensacola State College’s Milton campus.

The newest member of the Perrine family didn’t waste any time getting to the Halloween party.

An overturned dump truck forced the westbound lane of Interstate 10 in Santa Rosa County to be closed for a short period of time, according to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol.

No injuries were reported after a garbage truck and a Santa Rosa County school bus sideswiped each other, according to a report by the Florida Highway Patrol.

The trucks come into the Central Landfill piled high with trees, limbs and other debris left in the wake of Hurricane Isaias.

Oak limbs, pine trees and brush piled along Santa Rosa County roadways are currently being hauled away to 11 different locations as the county continues cleanup nearing the one-month mark after landfall.