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Sexual assault is a crime wherever it happens, a crime City of Milton and Naval Air Station Whiting Field leaders take seriously.

Mayor Heather Lindsay and Whiting Field commander Capt. Paul Flores signed a joint declaration Tuesday proclaiming April to be Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.

It sounds like “CPR” for a reason: Suicide prevention advocates want “QPR” – Question, Persuade, Refer – to become as well known as the life-saving acronym for cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Increasing wastewater treatment capacity and the search for a new city manager highlighted Monday’s executive committee meeting of the Milton City Council.

Mayor Heather Lindsay read a proclamation declaring April to be National Child Abuse Awareness Month at Monday’s executive committee meeting of the Milton City Council.

A Pace man was killed early Monday morning on the University of West Florida property.
The 21-year-old man was driving west on Campus Drive near the intersection of Campus Lane at a high rate of speed when the driver lost control of his vehicle, according to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a measure that will allow Floridians to carry guns without concealed-weapons licenses.
The Republican-controlled Senate gave final approval to the measure (HB 543) on Thursday, about a week after the House passed it.

Pace High School NJROTC program is proud to announce that it has won the Navy National Academic Athletic & Drill Championship for the third time.

This prestigious championship is a test of academic, athletic and drill skills of Navy Junior ROTC cadets from around the nation. The competition was held in Pensacola and teams from all over the nation competed in the event.

Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s deputies didn’t have to travel far to arrest someone this morning when a Milton man overturned his vehicle at the agency’s main office on East Milton Road Friday, March 31.

Timothy Michael Wright, 24, of Milton, was arrested and charged with DUI after his car crashed into a tree and overturned. According to a Florida Highway Patrol press release, FHP responded to a single vehicle crash at 1:34 a.m. at the Sheriff’s Office.

“We’re going to Chicago!” members of the King Middle School Academic Team shouted after accepting a $5,000 check from Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society that will help them pay their way to the national championships in May.

Families of East Milton Elementary School students got a taste of what their children have been learning in school when they came to the March 23 STEAM night event.
STEAM is short for science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics. According to East Milton Elementary principal Nadia Colin, they hold a STEAM night for families once a year in spring. Throughout the rest of the year, they host quarterly parent involvement events focusing on literacy, math and other topics.