The Santa Rosa County Local Option Sales Tax Committee used its April 28 meeting to review nearly 10 years of infrastructure spending and look ahead to the November election, when Santa Rosa County residents could vote on renewing the half-cent sales tax.
A new Florida law will make it easier for religious congregations to protect themselves, after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation allowing houses of worship to establish their own armed security teams without obtaining costly state licenses.
A Pace man will spend the next five years in state prison after he found guilty to the death of his 10-month-old son after he was found dead in a hot car in 2021.
The Milton Train Depot is one of the last surviving passenger rail stations from Escambia to Walton counties, and volunteers who maintain it say the history preserved inside offers a glimpse of a service unlikely to return to Northwest Florida soon.
Residents of Santa Rosa County lined up for free trees April 22 during a combined Earth Day and Arbor Day celebration at Bagdad Mill Site Park, with most of the supply gone by midmorning.
As Florida lawmakers gathered April 28 for a special session to consider a new congressional map proposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, the debate landed close to home for with the area’s state senator filing the bill and local Democrats firing back.
When Rose Boyd climbs into the family car, she asks if she can bring a book with her. When she’s home, she straps on her skates and glides around the house with a Kindle in her hand. For her, reading isn’t a habit, it’s a lifestyle.
The Milton City Council took its first steps on April 23 toward overhauling how the city charges for natural gas services, with staff proposing higher installation fees, a new monthly minimum charge, and a phased rate increase. All aimed at putting the city’s gas utility on sustainable financial footing.
For 50 years, the T-28 Trojan aircraft has stood at the corner of Stewart Street and Park Avenue outside Milton High School, a fixture of the city’s landscape since the nation’s bicentennial in 1976. Whether it will remain there is now an open question.
