While two local staples, Grover T’s BBQ and Ollie’s Neighborhood Grill, closed their doors in 2024, a new local restaurant just opened, Andy D’s Roadhouse.

On Friday, Dec. 3, Andrew DeMartin and his wife, Lacey, celebrated the opening of their second restaurant, Andy D’s Roadhouse, which is located off Hwy. 90 at the former Grover T’s BBQ location. The couple opened their first restaurant, Andy D’s, in Navarre in 2023 and did better than they could have hoped for.

Florida Power and Light (FPL) has announced new rates are on the horizon for customers. The company, which supplies much of the electricity to homes and businesses in northwest Florida, plans to file a formal request to set new rates once its current base rate agreement concludes at the end of 2025. The agreement is with the Florida Public Service Commission.

A longtime Milton restaurant has closed its doors.

Santa Rosa Medical Group has opened an urgent care to provide residents in Pace access to a medical facility seven days a week.

Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce held the ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, Oct. 8 and the healthcare providers at the location had the honor of cutting the ribbon with a large pair of gold-colored scissors.

Construction is well underway on Grover’s Fingers and Wings second location in Milton, but the local restaurant chain may soon have third location in Pace.

Michael Graham has been eager to open his new Grover’s Fingers and Wings location in Milton but wants to make sure it’s done the right way.

For months, the former Grover T’s location in Milton has sat vacant, but it won’t be empty much longer.

The Exchange Hotel in Downtown Milton’s historic district has sat on the corner of Caroline St. and Elmira St. for over a century. The building, which has seen plenty of notable historical figures pass through its doors over the years, was recently renovated and reopened as an office for Blackwood Financial Group. The financial services […]

Casey’s General Stores announced in a press release on July 26 that it is purchasing Fikes Wholesale, which owns 198 CEFCO Convenience stores.

All Badcock Home Furniture and More stores are closing, including the Pace and Milton locations. Badcock confirmed on its Facebook page that it’s going out of business. “All Badcock stores are closing!” the company’s Facebook page said. Conn’s HomePlus is also closing 73 stores, according to the company’s website. Twenty of the locations are in […]