Officials plan workshop to help homeowners with termite contracts
In order to further increase the chances for successful protection of homes and businesses from the aggressive Formosan termite, Rep. Doug Broxson (R–Midway) and the Navarre Area Board of Realtors® (…
Robbery suspect captured at suspected meth lab site
Narcotics deputies working a possible meth lab location in Jay today found more than drugs when they came upon a man wanted by Escambia Sheriff's investigators for questioning in a robbery. Faron Ray…
Clerk of court is ready for life’s next challenge
“It’s been a wonderful life,” Mary M. Johnson said, expressing her feelings about leaving a public position she has held for the past 18 years. On Jan. 6, she will turn over the office of Santa Rosa …
Supervisor of elections ponders retirement, new voting techniques
Imagine a scenario in which perhaps six voting precincts serve the county’s voting public with people voting at whichever one they choose, and with four or five days to do it. Or maybe there are no p…
Sanders Street to see an upgrade
Armed with a $2.5 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the city of Milton is advancing full speed ahead to address a long-standing problem area on and around Sanders Street. T…
Some disturbed by lack of respect on Pearl Harbor Day
Friday afternoon the Santa Rosa Press Gazette received calls concerning the flag at the Milton Post Office flying like any other day.
Apparently the person who put the flag out forgot Friday was t…
A bear of a problem
Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties appear to have a bear of a problem with almost 600 registered complaints with the FWC.
Recently, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) euthan…
Juvenile facility subject of several complaints
The Milton Girls Juvenile Residential Facility has garnered a great deal of attention since an Aug. 9 incident between a client an employee, Shannon Linn Abbott, 33, of Milton.
Now more informatio…
Milton juvenile facility worker charged
A worker at the Milton Girls Juvenile Residential Facility was arrested on Tuesday of this week and charged with battery of a client.
Shannon Linn Abbott, 33, of Milton, was arrested on the batter…














