Aug 28, 2013
Bay Area Food Bank welcomes new member thanks to $55,000 Walmart grant
Bay Area Food Bank was able to hire a retail store coordinator thanks to a $55,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation. The coordinator, a first for the food bank’s Florida service area, will work with…
Aug 27, 2013
Meth bust yields drugs and four arrests
A Santa Rosa County Narcotics Unit served a search warrant on an East Milton home, revealing a methamphetamine operation resulting in the arrest of four people, according to Sheriff's reports.
Dan…
Aug 27, 2013
New school year, new state standards approaching for students
Students will soon be held to a higher standard as the state moves toward a different method of teaching, known as "common core," expected to challenge students and develop critical-thinking skills, …
Aug 27, 2013
Homeowner fights fire on propane tank
Lightning struck a mobile home in East Milton, sparking a fire that engulfed a propane tank, prompting a man to use his experience and bravery to hold off an explosion until help arrived.
Wayne Ho…
Aug 27, 2013
Pace man extradited on sexual battery charges
A Pace man was picked up by the US Marshal's Task Force this week and extradited to Mississippi to face sexual battery charges.
That's what officials with Biloxi Police Department are saying. Crim…
Aug 26, 2013
City of Milton’s Technical Review Committee meets Aug. 27 at 8 a.m.
The City of Milton’s Technical Review Committee is scheduled to meet on Tuesday, August 27, 2013, at 8:00 a.m. in Conference Room “B” at City Hall, 6738 Dixon Street, Milton.
All meetings are open…
Aug 23, 2013
Video Link – UPDATE: Arkansa Sheriff says two more arrested in capture
A multi-state manhunt for an Arkansas prison escapee has ended near Jay in Santa Rosa County with the arrest of a prison escapee, the woman who allegedly helped him and two other people.
Sheriff's…
Aug 23, 2013
UPDATE: Details of escapee's capture released – Prison's escape video link
A multi-state manhunt for an Arkansas prison escapee has ended near Jay in Santa Rosa County.
Sheriff's officials say Derrick Estell and Tamara Upshaw were captured at a vacant house in the woods …
Aug 23, 2013
Truck stuck in mud leads to arrest of Pace man
A man was caught at the scene of a burglary with his truck stuck in the mud and full of stolen property from a vacant home in Pace, according to a Santa Rosa Sheriff's Office report.
Reports say M…
Aug 23, 2013
Details of escapee's arrest released by Santa Rosa Sheriff
In late July of this year, Derrick Glen Estell was in jail in Garland County Arkansas. He escaped through a window and was seen on camera running out of the jail. It is believed he was assisted by hi…