A new report from AAA says that Northwest Florida has some of the least expensive gas prices in the sunshine state. According to the report, Crestview-Fort Walton Beach at $2.89, Pensacola and Panama City, each at $2.92, were the least expensive metro markets in the state. Overall, Florida gas prices declined 12 cents per gallon last week. The state average is now on a 31 day streak of declines, falling a total of 41 cents per gallon.

Milton voters chose change in November, defeating three of four incumbents seeking reelection. That change begins when new members are installed and Mayor Heather Lindsay announces assignments for the coming year at Tuesday’s regular meeting of the city council.

Jubilee finally had a decision go its way — barely. The Santa Rosa County Commission voted 3-2 Thursday to approve Jubilee owner Ron Reeser’s request to build a traffic circle — a roundabout — at the almost 90-degree bend in Luther Fowler Road northeast of Pace.

The Santa Rosa County Commission voted 4-1 Thursday to table a decision on deeding property to the City of Milton for treated wastewater disposal. Chairman Colten Wright was the only commissioner opposed to moving the item to the board’s committee meeting Jan. 9.

Lawmakers hear a little bit of everything when they hold public hearings in their districts: funding requests, policy concerns, conspiracy theories, political attacks….

A Milton man and former preacher is in Santa Rosa County Jail for illicit sexual acts with minors. Jason Robert Moore, 42, of the 1100 block of Adrian Way in Milton, was arrested by agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations following an investigation involving child sex abuse.

At first, Robert Ballard wasn’t sure what to think when he saw people milling around in the street near his home in Pace. Ballard, his wife and two children were just arriving home Dec. 1 on a chilly evening near sundown.

Easing restrictions on how Santa Rosa County is allowed to spend tourist-development tax revenue and funding to build a taxiway and apron to connect Whiting Aviation Park to an NAS Whiting Field runway are among the requests County Commission Chairman Colten Wright will share with state legislators at the county legislative delegation’s annual public hearing at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, at the Gulf Breeze Community Center on Shoreline Drive.

The Santa Rosa County Commission will discuss giving industrial property to a medical supply company, Jubilee’s developer building a roundabout, and preventing wildfires at its committee meeting Monday.