Special Olympics participants return home
Escambia /Santa Rosa is proud to announce the successful return of a delegation of 40 athletes, volunteer coaches and unified partners from the 2013 Special Olympics Florida State Summer Games. The …
Police computer reads your tag in traffic, identifies violations
When red light cameras were installed inside the city limits of Milton, there were drivers who expressed displeasure at being recorded and identified by an electronic device. A simple trip around tow…
PARTNERS IN CRIME
Deputy Melissa Spratt says law enforcement is in her blood. Her father was a Captain with the Santa Rosa's Sheriff Office for 27 years. Her mother worked as a state probation officer. Melissa followe…
Charity golf tournament tees off Saturday at Tanglewood
Calvary Baptist Church’s youth group is seeking donations for their next fundraiser. They will be having a Golf Tourney at Tanglewood Country Club. The youth are raising money for church camp and wou…
Santa Rosa school bus driver dead from bacterial meningitis
A Santa Rosa School Bus driver is dead from bacterial meningitis and some Santa Rosa County students may have been exposed. That is what Health Department and School Officials are saying this afterno…
FDLE report: Santa Rosa safer than Escambia
The Uniform Crime Report (UCR) issued by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is in for the year 2012. Crime statistics for Santa Rosa County indicate an overall drop in crime of -6.7%. But what…
No one dies in three vehicle crash
Traffic was tied up for two hours while emergency crews sifted through the aftermath of a three car accident that demolished a van, totaled an SUV and left two people with serious injuries and one in…
Summer means water fun and swimming hazards
The weather is warming up and schools are letting out for the summer. Soon, the beaches and rivers in the area will be full of bronzed bodies looking to relax with a dip in the gulf.
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LIFEGUARD AMBULANCE opens new maintenance facility
Lifeguard Ambulance Service celebrated the completion of a new ambulance maintenance facility during a ribbon cutting ceremony and broke ground on its next expansion project Thursday.
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Local preacher's book goes worldwide
Carl Gallups says he was sitting in a tree stand, when God placed it on his heart to write a book. The chapter outlines began writing themselves in his head, so he climbed down, went home and started…