Crosspoint Church will open its Pace campus on Sunday, Aug. 9, marking the first Santa Rosa County location for a church with roots in Okaloosa and Walton counties.

The City of Milton would like residents to know it has joined the Galactic Federation, that they should watch out for Stewart Little and that “Stim Stantori” is on the scene, providing weather reports from Carpenter’s Park splash pad.

They take weather very seriously. That part is real.

What is also real is the person behind the posts and the personal fight she goes through every day.

Santa Rosa County commissioners on July 23 recognized the Navarre Rotary Club for its work to prevent drownings on local beaches, adopting a proclamation marking July 19-25 as National Drowning Prevention Week.

Getting stopped by a Milton police officer this summer might mean getting a ticket for a free ice cream cone.

Santa Rosa Medical Center has announced they have donated $15,000 to the Pace Athletic Recreation Association (PARA) for their commitment to community service and health to the local community.

Inside a packed conference room on the third floor of the Ascension Sacred Heart Cancer Center in Pensacola, staff members and community members welcomed a new member of the team.
He doesn’t talk, he doesn’t complain, and he is paid in hugs and treats.

With the United States of America’s 250th anniversary approaching, Santa Rosa County Library System is showing its patriotic side with a series of events at various branches.

Most naval bases take their names from their location, or the towns nearby. Naval Air Station Whiting Field is different. The Navy’s busiest training base, tucked into northern Santa Rosa County, carries the name of a man, one who never set foot on it.

While it may not look like much from the outside, a one-story building off Stewart Street stocks canned food and shelves of peanut butter for students in need across Santa Rosa County.

Before every performance, Pamela Strecker made one final walk.
She moved through the backstage area from one side to the other, checking on every actor, calling out final cues, making sure nothing had been missed. Then, just before heading up to the booth, she would turn around, look out at the cast and raise a hand in the air.
“Be brilliant.”
It caught on. Cast members started saying it to each other.
Strecker,61, who served as stage manager and eight-year president of Stage Crafters Community Theater in Fort Walton Beach, died earlier this month after a battle with cancer. She had been part of the organization for more than two decades, arriving as a shy backstage helper in 1999 and becoming the heartbeat of one of Northwest Florida’s most beloved volunteer arts organizations.