Pace held a homecoming “redo” on Oct. 11, a week after a rainstorm washed out the homecoming court, requiring the school’s king and queen to be crowned in the gymnasium with little fanfare. But the “redo” came with a twist. The Patriots crowned an entirely new queen.

4-H Club is a youth-based program that provides hands-on experience in a variety of activities and fields to local students, and Santa Rosa County didn’t pass up on an opportunity to highlight all the program does in the community.

Santa Rosa Medical Group has opened an urgent care to provide residents in Pace access to a medical facility seven days a week.

Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce held the ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, Oct. 8 and the healthcare providers at the location had the honor of cutting the ribbon with a large pair of gold-colored scissors.

Santa Rosa County officials continue to help out the hardest hit areas of Florida after two hurricanes have struck.

Since 2020, Santa Rosa County has donated the most jars in the Peanut Butter Challenge. This year the county hopes to win again for the fifth year in a row.

University of Florida and Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Extension offices started the initiative in 2012 as a statewide effort to fight hunger. The participating extension offices have a friendly competition for bragging rights of the most jars donated.

Hurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday along Florida’s Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm, bringing powerful winds, deadly storm surge and potential flooding to much of the state.

Fun was had by adults and children alike at the annual Depot Days event at the Northwest Florida Railroad Museum on Oct. 5. The event featured craft vendors, The Blue Anchor Belles and the Blackwater Pyrates.

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE — Ten thousand hours.  It’s equivalent to 416 days, more than a full year of time.  That’s the amount of hours Gary Hogg spent piloting the Air Force’s various C-130 Hercules models across his 41-year career.

Hurricane Milton, now a category 4 storm, is expected to make landfall either late Wednesday evening or early Thursday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Over the weekend participants carried 138 pounds of weight for 138 miles with one goal in mind — to honor the fallen.