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Santa Rosa County District Schools is asking parents of incoming kindergarteners to register their children as soon as possible for the 2026-27 school year.

Milton Police Chief Jennifer Frank told City Council members the department has secured $25,000 worth of tactical equipment at no cost to the city while expanding community programming that includes women’s self-defense classes, high school emergency management training and an inaugural Citizen Police Academy.

The City of Milton’s natural gas line replacement project is advancing, with crews nearing completion of work on Alabama Street and adjacent roadways.

Two semi-truck drivers are behind bars after authorities say they tampered with diesel fuel pumps in Milton, according to a news release from the Florida Department of Agriculture.

Sgt. Curtis Meltzer has spent four summers on Santa Rosa County’s waterways. He’s seen propeller strikes, drunk boaters and kids swimming underwater at boat ramps as boaters sit idle nearby. His message heading into another busy season is simple: know what you’re doing before you put the boat in gear.

While it may not look like much from the outside, a one-story building off Stewart Street stocks canned food and shelves of peanut butter for students in need across Santa Rosa County.

Paul Renner, the former speaker of the Florida House and current gubernatorial candidate, made a campaign stop in Pace on June 1, pitching himself as the candidate best positioned to lower property taxes, rein in utility costs and take on out-of-state-interests.

Lawmakers on Tuesday approved a sweeping tax cut for homestead property owners pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, sending it to the November ballot.

The measure increases the existing $50,000 exemption for homestead properties to $150,000 starting in 2027, and it increases to $250,000 in 2028. The exemption, though, doesn’t apply to school taxes, after lawmakers changed DeSantis’ plan Monday to protect districts from drastic cuts.

A water main break along Da Lisa Road has forced the Bagdad-Garcon Point Water System to issue a boil water notice for residents in the area.

Breast cancer diagnosis rates in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties exceed the state average, and a new program from Ascension Sacred Heart is working to change that one free mammogram at a time.