About 300 people filled the first service on Aug. 9 at Crosspoint Church’s newest campus in Pace, capping nearly a year of preparation and launching a teaching series aimed at helping parents pass on their faith at home.
Congressman Jimmy Patronis made his first appearance before a local board of county commissioners on Aug. 11, providing a legislative update to Santa Rosa County officials and announcing the opening of a new district office in the area.
The Milton Police Department announced Aug. 12 a second arrest in a November 2025 shooting death of a man at Lucille Johnson Park, saying forensic testing on two recovered firearms linked a suspect to the killing.
The Milton City Council is set to meet Aug. 11, when it will finalize the fall event schedule, look to increase flood defenses and improve the Milton Police Department with new equipment.
Here are three things you need to know ahead of the meeting.
A Milton man is being held in the Santa Rosa County Jail on a Niceville police warrant charging him with indecent exposure after security cameras showed him removing his clothing, according to a news release from the Niceville Police Department.
Nine people were arrested during a four-day undercover operation targeting people accused of using the internet to solicit children for sexual activity, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.
A Leon County judge this week determined the summary of a property tax cut ballot measure passed by the Legislature is filled with political rhetoric and is misleading.
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.
Santa Rosa County School Board member Linda Sanborn says her case for a third term comes down to one rule: Pay teachers and staff as much as the district can afford, and cut elsewhere when money falls short.
A citywide, year-round curfew for anyone under 17 will go before the Pensacola City Council, with Mayor D.C. Reeves pushing back on the assumption that the proposal is a response to a recent downtown shooting.
