Santa Rosa County Commission Chairman Sam Parker announced today that he has pre-filed to run for re-election to the Board of County Commissioners’ District 1 seat.
The Old Testament prophet Elijah shows Christians what to do when they’re “the last dreamer still standing,” the Rev. Dr. Russell Wright Sr. told a full sanctuary Sunday at Mt. Pilgrim African Baptist Church in Milton.
Florida House Bill 385 passed the chamber’s Judiciary Committee on Monday, Jan. 8. Its sponsor, State Rep. Joel Rudman said he expect the whole House to vote on the measure Wednesday.
Pastor Jeremy Rich, a Milton native, was the featured speaker at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast this morning. He based his message on the title of King’s last book, “Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?”
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office and the District One Medical Examiner have launched an investigation to identify human remains found in a Bagdad neighborhood.
Join Santa Rosa County Public Safety and Florida State Animal Response Coalition (FL SARC) for the Small Animal Emergency and Disaster Sheltering Course. The course is being offered in two levels, Awareness Level (Level 1) and Operations Level (Level 2). Thanks to a generous grant from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, class registrations are FREE!
The Department of Children and Families (Department) Secretary Shevaun Harris highlighted the Department’s most recent successes including Hope Florida, a program meant to help build economic knowledge and opportunity for families, and a 31.4% decrease in children going into the Florida foster care system since 2019.
The City of Milton is looking for office space. City Manager Scott Collins thought he’d found it, but the city council balked at paying almost $200,000 for a three-year lease.
More than 400 speedskaters from across the United States and several other nations are in Milton for the 10th Annual Emerald Coast Inline Challenge at Weber’s Skate World, 6056 Stewart St. Plans call for indoor competition, which began this morning, to last through Saturday with outdoor racing on Weber’s new state-of-the-art outdoor track on Saturday and Sunday.
