Santa Rosa County’s elections are secure.

That was Colten Wright’s message last week to residents worried that “nefarious actors” manipulated 2020 election results and may try to do so again this year.

The deadline to submit qualifications to manage the City of Milton’s almost $70-million wastewater reclamation project passed last month without response.

“This is a big project; a huge project,” Interim Public Information Officer Jay Conrad said Friday. “Our expectation has been that anyone with the qualifications to do this job already is employed; we knew it might take some time to attract the kind of expertise we need for a project of this magnitude.”

Milton, Fla. – The Santa Rosa County Department of Health has announced that Abbott has issued a press release voluntarily recalling certain lots of 2 fluid ounce/59 milliliter bottles of Ready-to-Feed (RTF) liquid formula products. For a list of products and lot numbers included in the recall, visit https://www.similacrecall.com/us/en/2-fl-oz-recall-information.html or call 1-800-986-8540. According to Abbott, […]

The Santa Rosa County Commission is expected to name the four-lane highway being built through the Pea Ridge community between U.S. Highway 90 and Hamilton Bridge Road at its regular meeting Thursday.

The early favorite? Pea Ridge Connector.

A house fire in the 8700 block of Chumuckla Highway claimed a woman’s life Monday. Dispatchers received a report of a house fire at 1:46 p.m., according to Santa Rosa County Public Information Officer Sarah Whitfield. An Allentown Volunteer Fire Department truck found the home engulfed in flame when it arrived at the scene at […]

In his final act as a member of the Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization’s board of directors, Bob Cole asked the TPO to consider his hometown’s plan to save its downtown.

Richard Wood, a Milton history and true crime buff, recently published “Mayhem in the Florida Panhandle,” a book of true stories culled from newspaper archives and numerous conversations with residents.

A 40 year old man found himself in the hospital after allegedly attempting to flee and elude a Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s deputy.

The incident began when the man’s vehicle entered the westbound lane of Nichols Lake Road from Nichols Creek Road. According to a Florida Highway Patrol report, the man was trying to elude Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Deputy Chapman.

Brandon Savoie, a freelance videographer for CGI Digital’s Community Showcase Video Program, focuses on City of Milton employees Jay Conrad and Jacob Hullett as they kayak along the eastern shore of the Blackwater River. Sponsors pay for the video, there is no cost to the city.