The City of Milton on Tuesday dedicated a historic marker commemorating J.B. Turner School, the first public school in Santa Rosa County for African American students.
A Milton man and former preacher is in Santa Rosa County Jail for illicit sexual acts with minors.
Jason Robert Moore, 42, of the 1100 block of Adrian Way in Milton, was arrested by agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations following an investigation involving child sex abuse.
At first, Robert Ballard wasn’t sure what to think when he saw people milling around in the street near his home in Pace. Ballard, his wife and two children were just arriving home Dec. 1 on a chilly evening near sundown.
A Pace man, 65, was killed after being struck by an SUV on Sun., Dec. 4. The incident occurred along Highway 90 near Jerry Drive in Pace.
According to Florida Highway Patrol, the Pace man was walking north across Highway 90 when a vehicle traveling westbound struck him. The driver of the vehicle is 28 year old Milton man. The Pace man died at the scene because of his injuries.
Easing restrictions on how Santa Rosa County is allowed to spend tourist-development tax revenue and funding to build a taxiway and apron to connect Whiting Aviation Park to an NAS Whiting Field runway are among the requests County Commission Chairman Colten Wright will share with state legislators at the county legislative delegation’s annual public hearing at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, at the Gulf Breeze Community Center on Shoreline Drive.
Eagle Environmental Consulting Services of Florida, Inc., submitted the low bid of $350,283 to install a new Blackwater River boardwalk at Carpenter’s Park in Milton.
The Santa Rosa County Commission will discuss giving industrial property to a medical supply company, Jubilee’s developer building a roundabout, and preventing wildfires at its committee meeting Monday.
CHIPLEY – Florida Department of Transportation District 3 will hold a hybrid public hearing at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, to present its Tentative Five-Year Work Program for fiscal years 2024-2028.
A Milton woman may have stabbed another woman last month because of jealousy.
According to a Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office report, Monique Marie Garner, 32, of Milton, unlawfully entered a home in Pace on Nov. 19 and stabbed her former girlfriend’s new girlfriend in the groin.
Sean Dietrich, better known as “Sean of the South,” is coming to Imogene Theatre in Milton for an event to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Florida. The event will take place Dec. 8 at 7 p.m.
Dietrich is a columnist, novelist, and storyteller known for his commentary on life in the American South. According to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Florida, the event, titled “An Evening with Sean of the South,” will consist of storytelling and music from Dietrich and special guests.
