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…
Aug 23, 2013
Man grows hair for 5 years for Locks of Love
For five years, David Church took the ridicule often dished out to men with long hair.
But he says when you're doing it from the heart it's not so bad.
Church, 23, Milton, has been growing his …
Aug 22, 2013
Law Enforcement 'students' find $512,000 in pot plants
The Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement (OALE) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) are currently conducting a class called Outdoor Cannabis Investigations School/Aerial Detection School …
Aug 22, 2013
Whiting Field job fair was today
NAS WHITING FIELD, Milton, Fla.—The Fleet and Family Support Center at Naval Air Station Whiting Field hosted its twenty-fourth annual Job Fair Thursday, Aug. 22 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. The annual even…
Aug 20, 2013
Furlough scales down at Whiting
Civilian employees at NAS Whiting Field undergoing mandatory furloughs will be back to work after Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced this week that the number of forced, unpaid days off would be…
Aug 20, 2013
47th Annual Santa Rosa County Farm Tour
On Thursday, July 18, more than 250 local officials and area citizens participated in the 47th Annual Santa Rosa County Farm Tour. During the daylong bus tour they learned first-hand about agricultur…
Aug 20, 2013
Melvin Awarded Paul Harris Fellow
The Pace Rotary Club recently awarded Santa Rosa County Vice-chair and District 4 Commissioner Jim Melvin the honor of Paul Harris Fellow. Rotarians often designate a Paul Harris Fellow as a tribute …
Aug 20, 2013
Special kind of volunteer needed
Emerald Coast Hospice is seeking individuals who enjoy meeting new people, listening, talking and helping patients and families in need to join our team and become a hospice volunteer.
Emerald Coa…