Santa Rosa Sheriff Bob Johnson brought a message to the forefront today at a news conference following two separate murder-suicides on Nov. 5.

“For the love of God, please call if you are in any kind of situation where you feel you need help with domestic violence,” Johnson said.

I write these columns the week before they are published, so this piece will be read two days after the presidential election. It is safe for me to predict, now less than one week out, that roughly half of this nation is cheering the election results, and the other half is sorely disappointed, perhaps even angry. I suspect this could be said of any election.

I was at the water department today, November 4, attempting to straighten out where a water bill is being mailed, and a very slender gentleman came in wanting to put $8 down on his $20 water bill so his water wouldn’t be turned off. He’s been employed in the flooring business for more than 20 years and he said that this year has been the slowest. He thinks it is because people are waiting for the outcome of the election. He, like a lot of other people, think if Trump is not elected, the economy is going to get worse, much worse. By the time you read this, hopefully, there is a clear winner.

Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public’s assistance in identifying a victim of an attempted carjacking that occurred on November 04, 2024, at approximately 8:40 p.m. at Circle K located at 5661 Quintette Rd in Pace.

Chumuckla Highway will experience intermittent lane closures Wednesday, Nov. 13, and Thursday, Nov. 14, for Thermoplastic road striping. Lane closures will be during the operating times of 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. for both days. The portion of the roadway impacted by these intermittent closures begins just in front of Alyssa’s and ends just south of the Victorian Manner Assisted Living Facility.

Tallahassee – After months of voters getting bombarded with television ads and mail pieces, Tuesday is Election Day.

Lighthouse Christian College launched its football program this fall, and it is growing and thriving in its inaugural season. The reasons are the talented, experienced coaches and the “grace of God.”

I’m in a class that was recently tasked with watching two side by side 15-second videos of a woman speaking and determining which was real and which was AI generated.

Of about 25 people in the room, about 50% were able to discern which video was real. (For anyone wondering, I got it right.)

Tonight is Halloween, and my wife and I will be dishing out candy to the costumed kids coming to our door – it’s a good way to meet neighbors – but we are not promoting the celebration. No giant skeletons or inflatable ghosts clutter our front yard, and no lit jack-o-lanterns sit outside our front door, which may explain why we do not get many callers. Not to worry, I have taken it as my personal duty to eat any leftover candy, a duty from which I will not waver.