State Sen. Don Gaetz said he will file legislation overhauling the Florida Department of Children and Families in the next legislative session, outlining 10 provisions at a news conference at the Santa Rosa County Courthouse on Sept. 4.
Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson directed the Sheriff’s Office to stop using Flock cameras after the Florida Department of Transportation revoked permits allowing local law enforcement agencies to place the cameras along state roads.
Benny Russell is a name many in the community may be familiar with. Football stadiums, sports fields, a park, an elementary school and a section of highway bear his name.
Two Santa Rosa County commissioners said they would not support removing license plate readers from county right of way, a day after commissioners in Walton County voted 5-0 for their removal.
A Total Nonstop Action (TNA) wrestler who makes regular appearances on television will headline a professional wrestling card at Milton High School Sept. 5, a now-annual fundraiser for the school’s wrestling team simply known as “Panther Brawl.”
Santa Rosa County commissioners agreed at their committee meeting Aug. 25 to advance a plan committing half a million dollars in county conservation funds toward farmland easements.
A Milton councilman who questioned the humor on the city’s Facebook page told members at a work session Aug. 20 that the “expert guidance” he read had been compiled with the help of artificial intelligence, drawing laughter from some and beginning a very sharp discussion.
A faith-based family clinic in Milton has raised a little over $200,000 toward a roughly $750,000 building that would house its parenting and life skills classes.
