The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office has two new faces and they won’t be donning a badge. They are public information officers, responsible for releasing pertinent information concerning the agency to the public.
For the past few years, Jillian Durkin has held the role, helping facilitate press conferences, interviews with the Sheriff, and being a public face of the agency at community events. To replace Durkin, who left the agency in June, the Sheriff’s Office has named Mikiko Tucker as public information officer (PIO) and Kylie Blankenship as assistant PIO.
The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating after a man was found unresponsive in a vehicle on the eastbound shoulder of Interstate 10 in Santa Rosa County Saturday.
A Jay man was killed in a single-vehicle accident on SR-87 on Saturday morning, according to a report from Florida Highway Patrol. The man, who was 27, was driving on SR-87, approaching the intersection with CR-87A, when for unknown reasons, the vehicle left the roadway. The vehicle then collided with a drainage ditch and utility […]
A new barbecue restaurant has been OK’d for Santa Rosa County. Jim N Nick’s has been approved for a location at 4625 Highway 90 in Pace, according to an approval letter from the Santa Rosa County Development Services Center. The restaurant will be 5,160 square feet. The restaurant is planned for an area with a […]
The Jay Office of the Santa Rosa Tax Collector’s Office, 5259 Booker Lane in Jay will be closed until further notice due to the ongoing construction at the Jay Community Center. Milton, Midway and Pace offices are still accepting customers during regular business hours by appointment. There is currently no estimated time of re-opening. Updates will be provided as they are confirmed.
The June 17, 2024 “precautionary boil water notice” is hereby rescinded following repair of the well motor and the satisfactory completion of the bacteriological survey showing that the water is safe to drink.
A child has been transported to a local hospital after being hit by a vehicle Thursday afternoon, Jillian Durkin with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office confirmed.
Floridians will vote in November on whether or not recreational marijuana should be legalized in the state. Amendment 3 would allow anyone 21 and older to possess up to 3 ounces of marijuana and 5 grams of concentrate marijuana. Currently, a medical marijuana prescription is needed to smoke marijuana in Florida. As of June 14, […]
Mayor Heather Lindsay was back for Tuesday’s Milton City Council meeting, her first in months after she was out on FMLA leave, and it led to some tense moments. Lindsay is currently being sued by the city for not turning over public records.
A unanimous vote from the Milton City Council Tuesday approved annexing three properties on Munson Highway into the city limits, greenlighting a new RV park.
