Republican Florida gubernatorial candidate James Fishback drew a large crowd of younger voters during a campaign stop Feb. 23 at Ace’s Hanger Southern Grill and Bar in Milton, where supporters cited concerns ranging from overdevelopment and affordability to religious values and generational political change.

The Pace Center for Girls Escambia-Santa Rosa will host its 13th Annual Men Who Cook fundraiser Sunday, April 19, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Sanders Beach Corrine Jones Resource Center, bringing together amateur and professional male chefs competing to support at-risk girls and young women across Santa Rosa County.

A portion of the outside lane of the Pea Ridge Connector roundabout will be closed beginning Wednesday, Feb. 25, and continue through Friday, Feb. 27, according to Santa Rosa County officials.

A 37-year-old Pace woman was arrested on Feb. 16 after authorities say she stabbed her husband’s vehicle multiple times with a kitchen knife during a domestic disturbance at a residence on Tulip Hill Road.

Due to another round of cold weather that is forecasted to affect our area, Santa Rosa County officials have announced that Ferris Hill Baptist Church will be open on Feb. 22 and 23 for those in need.

A 59-year-old Opelousas, Louisiana man has died after sustaining injuries in a single-car crash that occurred on Interstate 10 near mile-marker 35 in Santa Rosa County on Thursday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A portion of Willard Norris Road at Red Pine Street will be milled and repaved beginning Monday morning, Feb. 23, according to a news release from Santa Rosa County.

A 49-year-old man from Wharton, Texas, was found dead Tuesday afternoon inside a semi-truck parked along Interstate 10 in Santa Rosa County after a welfare check prompted a response from the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), according to authorities.