On Jan. 14, Milton City Council members voted for a shade meeting with the city attorney to discuss the public records lawsuit against the mayor.

The Milton City Council has been tasked with cutting their state appropriation requests down to three in response to Sen. Don Gaetz’s remarks at the Jan. 9 delegation meeting.

Gaetz announced that funding for previous projects that were approved are likely to be rejected in 2025 because loans that were granted due to the COVID-19 pandemic have run dry.

A new spay and neuter clinic will open in Milton after seven years of transporting cats and dogs to Panama City for affordable animal care.

Animal Health Outreach Prevention Education, also known as A HOPE, is a local animal outreach that helps provide spay and neuter services to homed or stray cats and dogs in Santa Rosa County. A HOPE Vice President Paige Cary said they will be opening a local clinic just in time for kitten season, when feline breeding is at its peak in early spring to late summer.

After a cold front moves through the area this weekend, some wintery precipitation is very likely Tuesday in Northwest Florida, according to the National Weather Service in Mobile. Saturday is projected to be the warmest day we’ve had in a while with highs close to 70, followed by cold precipitation on Tuesday. Whether that will be snow, freezing rain or sleet all depends on the vertical temperature profile and how far away from the warm Gulf of Mexico you are.

The City of Milton had a successful 2024 Christmas parade after having some issues due to weather the year prior. In gratitude for resurrecting the event, on Jan. 14 an award was presented to the organizer who made it possible.

A Pace High School student was awarded the Pensacola Bay Eagle Scout Project of 2024 which involved building a pen for horses and veterans a space to bond together.

Hurlburt Field, Fla. – “Is there a doctor on board?”

Sitting in his aisle seat toward the back of a commercial flight, Air Force Staff Sgt. William Flaspoehler saw the flight attendants scrambling for help.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Jan. 16 named Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to succeed outgoing U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, who was picked by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as secretary of state.

Hurlburt Field – Active-duty personnel, local veterans and members of the public gathered Dec. 14, 2024, at Beal Memorial Cemetery in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, for the annual Wreaths Across America Placement Ceremony.

On Jan. 7 Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson was officially sworn in for his third term. The Honorable Judge Warrick administered the oath of office.