Marine Corps veteran receives mortgage-free home from national nonprofit
For retired Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. David Post, getting from the bedroom to the bathroom used to mean crawling on his hand and knees.
Post lost his left foot to a roadside bomb in Afghanistan in 2011. A recent ankle fusion has made him rely more on a wheelchair to get around. In a regular home, that meant narrow doorways his chair couldn’t clear and a bathroom that felt more of an obstacle course than a relaxing getaway.
“I’ve crawled on my hands and knees to safely transition into a shower and then crawled back on the same floor to exit, in situations more than I’d like to admit,” Post said in a presentation outside his new home.
With help from a national nonprofit, those instances are now a memory.
Santa Rosa County Commission to tackle speed cameras in school zones
Next week, the Santa Rosa County Commission will begin to deliberate whether or not to approve a contract that will bring speed enforcement programs to twelve school zones in the north end of the county.
Which local hospital received a good grade in the Leapfrog ratings
The Leapfrog Group, an independent patient safety watchdog group that has been grading healthcare facilities for over 20 years, recently announced its Spring 2026 grades for hospitals in our area.
At 99, Margaret Bailey still walks her own path
Every school morning, Margaret Bailey and her brother walked from East Milton to J.V. Turner School on Susan Street. Cold, raining, hot, it didn’t matter. The bus rolled past them on the road and kept going.
Texas Roadhouse fundraiser to benefit families of Milton crash victims
Texas Roadhouse in Milton will host a fundraising night Tuesday, May 12, to benefit the families of Meagan Livingston and Landon Sanders, two former Milton High students who died in a car crash on April 24.
The man who changed open carry now fights to reform family law
Stan McDaniels does not describe himself as an activist. He describes himself as someone who got beaten up by a system he knew was wrong and decided to do something about it.
Fatal crash leaves two dead, several injured
Two passengers of a pickup truck were killed in a crash at the intersection of American Farms Road and Cornfield Way in Milton.
City of Milton weighs fees for vacant storefront properties
The Milton City Council heard a proposal April 23 that would require owners of vacant and abandoned properties to register with the city and pay escalating annual fees.
Teachers to receive 2% raise after impasse
After hours of pointed arguments, emotional appeals and tense deliberation, the Santa Rosa County School Board voted April 22 to give district teachers a fully recurring 2% salary increase, ending months of failed negotiations and leaving union leaders relieved.
Santa Rosa County resident pushes for roads-only sales tax as ballot language advances
As Santa Rosa County Commissioners moved to advance ballot language for the renewal of the county’s half-cent local option sales tax on April 21, a familiar voice from the public urged the board once again to strip the measure down to a single purpose: fixing roads.


















