For 26 years, when someone in Santa Rosa County has faced one of the worst days of their life, Bill Wright has often been the man walking in behind first responders.

For more than 20 years, a group of volunteers on horseback has represented the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office at parades, school visits and law enforcement memorials, with many residents not knowing such a group exists.

The Santa Rosa County Animal Shelter has received a $25,000 grant to pay for free spay and neuter services for as many as 500 stray cats, the county announced Aug. 26.

The temperatures will be starting to cool off, and that means Bands on the Blackwater returns for the fall with live music along the Blackwater River.

When Vincent Therrien turned 17, he spent much of that year trying to serve during World War II.

The Breeze Cinema 8 in Gulf Breeze, The Ridge Cinema 8 in Pace and Marquis Cinema 10 in Crestview have been under the ownership of the Offerdahl family since their inception.

Their company, which operates as Ashbrie Cinemas, recently made a rebranding effort with updated logos, site upgrades and a new marketing campaign.

The Santa Rosa Press Gazette has been named Business of the Month by the Santa Rosa County Chamber of Commerce, an honor the chamber says is largely attributed to the newspaper’s five decades of chamber membership.

This weekend, a nearly 150-year-old tall ship will dock at Palafox Pier.

The Elissa, which was launched in 1877, will be in Pensacola from Friday, Aug. 7, through Sunday, Aug. 9. This marks the third time in the ship’s history that it has sailed into Pensacola, once in 1886 and again in 2018.

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.