The young man I give guitar lessons to each week in exchange for him mowing my grass has graduated from high school and, after a few summer vacation trips with family, will be heading off to college. That means – gasp! – I am back to mowing my own grass! That prospect sent me searching online sales sites where I found a used riding mower for sale locally.

Hurricane season officially kicks off on Sunday, June 1, and runs through November 30. Emergency management officials are urging everyone to be One Week Ready.

One Week Ready means having enough supplies on hand to sustain your entire household, including pets, for at least seven days without outside assistance.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is asking Florida residents and visitors to report all sightings of wild turkeys between now and Aug. 31. This includes hens, poults (newly hatched wild turkeys) and gobblers.

The Milton Police Department responded to a domestic disturbance on June 1, 2025. The anonymously placed 911 call stated that a male identified as Herbert Dillard was being physically aggressive to his spouse.

A Training Air Wing FIVE helicopter incurred a hard landing at around 2 p.m. Monday, June 2 at Naval Air Station Whiting Field’s Navy Outlying Landing Field Santa Rosa near Milton.

Over the past 2 years of school, Lighthouse Private Christian Academy (PCA) has been on top of their athletic division in all their sports – baseball, softball, football and basketball.

The Land Development Code (LDC) Task Force will hold their next meeting at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, May 30 in the Administrative Complex, 6495 Caroline Street in Milton. This meeting will be streamed live online. The agenda for this meeting will be published shortly.

The Milton Police Department has arrested 22-year-old Mohamed Bakayoko in connection with a large-scale fraud investigation that resulted in the theft of $852,983.06 from the Santa Rosa County Clerk of Court & Comptroller. Bakayoko has been charged with grand theft, a first-degree felony punishable by up to 30 years in state prison.

Whenever my wife and I visit a restaurant for the first time, we ask our server the same question: what one dish on this menu would make us want to come back? The servers typically smile and cock their heads to the side as they ponder a question they have never considered. Their recommendations rarely fail to satisfy.