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.

Workers began demolishing the old Berryhill School building last week. City of Milton officials are asking residents traveling on Berryhill , Canal, Margaret or Mary streets to use caution as large trucks and heavy machinery will be active in the area. Fire gutted the building, which was being renovated for studio apartments, the night of […]

A Pace woman is charged with grand theft of $20,000 or more after she allegedly misappropriated $38,852.92 from the business account of Pace Athletic and Recreation Association (PARA).

According to a Santa Rosa County warrant report, the misappropriation came to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office attention after PARA reported the $38,852,92 missing from their business account on Aug. 1.

The Sheriff’s Office said PARA believed Elizabeth Rohling, 43, the business manager of the organization at the time, had used the business account for her personal purchases.

Santa Rosa County Supervisor of Elections Tappie Villane offered impatient voters this advice: Cast ballots Sunday, Oct. 30, at one of six early voting sites.

“If you want a day when you know there are no lines, go on Sunday,” she said. “There won’t be anybody there.”

Milton City Manager Randy Jorgensen gave a progress report on the city’s wastewater treatment facility plans at last week’s regular city council meeting and charged local activists with trying to sabotage the staff’s efforts.

Jorgensen devoted several slides of a PowerPoint presentation to refuting what he called “misinformation and disinformation” being distributed by Milton Concerned Citizens.