Mayor Heather Lindsay proclaimed September as Suicide Awareness Month during a City Council meeting Sept. 8, presenting a proclamation to Pastor Bill Wright of Share Your Heart of Northwest Florida.

A Santa Rosa County jury found a state prison inmate guilty of manslaughter in connection of a 2022 incident where he strangled his cellmate to death, according to a news release from the State Attorney Ginger Bowden Madden’s office.

Santa Rosa County Commissioner Ray Eddington told residents opposed to a proposed Navarre Beach boardwalk that they were hypocrites and suggested they leave the county toward the end of a public comment period at a Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners agenda meeting Sept. 8.

The Santa Rosa County Library System will hold its fourth annual Kindness Food Drive Sept. 1-30.

The city of Milton has announced changes to trash pickup schedules for the upcoming Labor Day holiday.

Santa Rosa County District Schools is continuing its partnership with SmartSocial for the 2026-27 school year.

To mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, the city of Milton will host a remembrance ceremony at 6:45 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, at Jernigan’s Landing ahead of Bands on the Blackwater, the city announced Sept. 2.

Senior Carstyn Black is one of the top returning players for the Milton Panthers in volleyball this season.

Allie Morgan is one of the top players back for the Pace Patriot volleyball team this season.

The temperatures will be starting to cool off, and that means Bands on the Blackwater returns for the fall with live music along the Blackwater River.