A man was shot and killed while driving last night in Pace.
According to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office, at approximately 6:30 p.m., the agency received reports of a shooting that had occurred in the area of Wallace Lake Road off Quintette Road in Pace.
The City of Milton Fire Department dedicated its newest fire engine with a traditional “push-in” ceremony Friday, June 16, at Station 23, 5321 Stewart St.
The sight of smoke along U.S. Highway 90 on Friday, June 9, wasn’t cause for alarm, according to a news release from the City of Milton; local firefighters were using the soon-to-be-demolished Shrimp Basket building for a commercial fire attack drill.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has confirmed that a road-killed 4.5-year-old female white-tailed deer in Holmes County sampled during routine surveillance activities has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). It is the first known case of CWD in Florida, a contagious disease of the brain and central nervous system that is fatal to deer. The first case of CWD in North America was described in mule deer in Colorado in 1967. Florida is the most recent of 31 states to detect the disease, which also has been confirmed in four Canadian provinces, Finland, Norway, Sweden and South Korea.
The Fellowship of Churches Santa Rosa County is planning a day of music, food and fun for its first Juneteenth National Independence Day celebration Monday, June 19, on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Milton.
The Fellowship of Churches Santa Rosa County is planning a day of music, food and fun for its first Juneteenth National Independence Day celebration Monday, June 19, on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Milton.
Converting sunshine into clean, low-cost electricity requires modern technology, but Florida Power & Light hopes it’s found an old way to maintain its new solar energy center in East Milton.
“Sometimes, innovation is about trying something new and different,” said J.T. Young, vice president and general manager of Florida Power & Light Northwest Florida, June 7 at FPL’s ceremony commissioning its Blackwater River Solar Energy Center. “Sometimes, it’s about trying something tried and true in new ways.”
UPDATE AS OF JUNE 12: The Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office public information officer, Jillian Durkin, confirmed this morning that the victims were poisoned by a narcotic and one suspect has been interviewed. More to come as details are released.
