Detectives with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office are currently working a death investigation. At this time, the death is believed to have been an accidental drowning.

A Milton women and three children were injured Thursday afternoon when she swerved to avoid someone who cut her off and lost control of her minivan.

The vehicle rolled several times in the median, seriously injuring two of the children. The driver and one of the other children sustained minor injuries. The accident happened at about 5 p.m. near mile marker 25, according to the Florida HIghway Patrol media release.

A Milton woman driving an Okaloosa County School bus Wednesday was injured when an 18-year-old girl rear-ended the bus on U.S. Highway 90. The teen, who was from DeFuniak Springs, did not survive the collision.

Despite concerns from nearby residents, the Santa Rosa County Zoning Board approved a request to allow an educational institution at the 6000 Block of Tanglewood Drive in Milton.

The Santa Rosa County School District has requested a conditional use permit to build a school on a portion of a 130-acre parcel at the corner of Tanglewood Drive and Willard Norris Drive in Milton.

A 57-year-old Milton man was cited for improper backing after hitting a marked Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office patrol car in a parking lot.

The City of Milton Department of Planning & Development is implementing a new interactive online zoning map that improves user functions and includes a host of new features.

On Wednesday, Board of County Commissioners approved without objection a variance for Feed Lemon LLC to serve alcoholic beverages at a Feed Lemon concert in Milton.

FDLE agents arrested Joseph Sanderson, 67, of Milton, today on 15 counts of possession of child sexual abuse material, in violation of Florida Statute 827.071(5)(a), a third-degree felony. Due to the number of videos/images and the sexual battery of children depicted in the videos, each count qualifies to be enhanced to second-degree felonies based on F.S. 775.0847(2)(a)(b).