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As Hurricane Helene gets closer to moving out of the Gulf and onto land, evacuees have driven to Santa Rosa County to seek shelter from the storm.

Last week, the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office Detention K9 Team placed fourth overall in the annual Manhunt Trials hosted by Escambia County Road Prison. The Detention K9 Unit, led by Sergeant Robert Lenzo, is comprised of five handlers and six canines. Their skills range from contraband detection, electronics detection and tracking.

Incumbent Matthew Jarrett and challenger Tom Powers will battle it out in November to represent Ward 1, seat two on the Milton City Council.

A group of schoolchildren, an adult passenger and their school bus driver are alright after a semi flatbed truck sideswiped their bus. The bus, which was carrying four children and two adults, was stopped southbound in the left turn of Anderson Lane while waiting for the traffic light at Berryhill Road. The semi was making […]

Eglin Air Force Base — “Anyone who’s been stationed or worked at Eglin and spent time in the Fort Walton Beach area knows, it’s a place that always feels like home.”

It’s the end of September, meaning fall is finally here.

Break out the pumpkin spice, the decorations and get ready to enjoy all of the fun activities associated with the season. For many families, those activities may start with a trip to a local pumpkin patch, and there are several to choose from.

The early morning update on Potential Cyclone Nine, expected to form into Hurricane Ilene in the days ahead, shrunk the cone of uncertainty, leaving the center of the storm far east of Santa Rosa County.

Tropical Cyclone Nine, likely-soon-to-be Hurricane Helene, took a small shift west in the latest forecast cone from the National Hurricane Center.

Santa Rosa County Animal Services is temporarily closing all dog adoption operations at the shelter facility until Monday, September 30 due to an autoimmune illness called Mycoplasma cynos. SRCAS shelter and medical staff are treating the affected dogs and hope to be clear for regular adoption operations by Monday. “The greatest concern at this point […]

Council member Roxanne Meiss asked on Sept. 19 that the city of Milton consider moving plans for a 77-acre spray field that would fall inside the Wellfield Protection Area.