The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office arrested Deputy David Daniels Tuesday, Jan. 24, on a felony lewd and lascivious charge. On Monday, the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office was informed that a report of misconduct had been made against Daniels to the Department of Children and Families. Immediately after receiving the report, the Sheriff’s Office’s Major Crimes detectives began to investigate the reported incident.

The National Weather Service in Mobile is predicting severe weather conditions in the overnight hours of Tuesday night for our area. Santa Rosa County has been placed under an enhanced risk for severe weather. Main threats include Tornadoes (a strong (EF2+) tornado is possible) and damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph. According to the National Weather Service in Mobile, the line of storms will move east of I-65 during the overnight hours after midnight and impact the western Florida Panhandle during this time.

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has ordered the City of Milton to pay a $50,000 fine for wastewater incidents dating back to September 2020.

The Milton City Council committee of the whole meeting scheduled tonight is cancelled because not enough councilmembers are able to attend.

The Navy is investigating what caused an instructor pilot and student aviator to crash in a remote area near Foley, Alabama, the morning of Jan. 17. At approximately 10:50 a.m. Jan. 17, a Navy instructor pilot and a student aviator were flying a T-6B Texan II aircraft assigned to Training Air Wing 5 in the vicinity of Barin Naval Outlying Field near Foley.

U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz spoke eloquently of the character and quality required to be nominated to one of the nation’s military academies at a ceremony Tuesday at Navarre High School.

A Milton man will spend 25 years to life in prison after being found guilty of lewd or lascivious molestation on a victim less than 12 years of age. On Jan. 13, 2023, Antonio Jay White, Milton, was found guilty of lewd or lascivious molestation (victim less than 12 years of age) by a Santa Rosa County jury.

Finally! More than 20 years in the making, the new Santa Rosa County Courthouse began serving the First Judicial District of Florida and county courts today, Jan. 17.

School safety is a top priority for schools across the country, especially after tragedies like the ones at schools in Uvalde, Texas, and Parkland, Florida. Last year, Santa Rosa District Schools decided to pursue the implementation of a guardian program, based on the state’s Coach Aaron Feis Guardian Program. The program, which is meant to add an extra layer of protection for schools, has not been fully implemented.

Cadets are precise with every move they make throughout the Area 8 inspection for Pace’s Navy Junior ROTC unit last Thursday morning in the high school gym. Months, days and hours of hard work went into being ready to showcase everything the program has to offer.