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Santa Rosa County plans to rebuild tiny Tibet Drive, including an 800-foot privately owned section, to fix damage caused by increased use after Hurricane Sally.

As a national debate rages over gun laws after last month’s mass shooting at a Texas elementary school, proponents of “red-flag” policies point to a Florida law as a model for states seeking to strip deadly weapons from people who could cause harm.

A deputy and civilian clerk with the Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office were arrested today and charged with one felony count of exploitation of the elderly.

Santa Rosa County Animal Services (SRCAS) announced that they are hosting a special adoption event – “Cheaper Than Gas” – starting Friday, June 10 through Saturday, June 18.

All adoptions are only $4 and include spay or neuter, flea prevention, age appropriate vaccinations, initial dewormer, microchip, an adoption starter kit, coupons and more. For those interested in visiting the shelter for the adoption event, appointments are required.

It was Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, at Berrendo Middle School in the small rural town of Roswell, New Mexico. It was a chilly day, so the students were waiting for the first bell in the gymnasium.

Kim Featherstone, now a Milton resident, was on duty that morning as a teacher. She was eating oatmeal before her first class, and her gut was pulling her to the gym.

Starting this fall, students in Santa Rosa County may have to walk farther to get to their bus stop.

When is a mural NOT a mural? When it’s a sign, according to Santa Rosa County.

Some patrons were upset last week after Pedro’s Taco & Tequila Bar at 3095 Gulf Breeze Parkway painted over a depiction of three skeletal women declaring “We Make Fresh Tortillas.”

James Calkins wants Santa Rosa County ready to act if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns its 1973 Roe versus Wade decision, which has protected women’s right to seek an abortion for almost five decades.

A 29 year old Milton man was booked into jail on June 3 after investigators with the Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office began looking into him following a traffic stop.

The man, Mark Anthony Frate, was stopped on June 3 after a sergeant with Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office noticed that Frate was driving down the road at four in the morning with a two year old in his lap. The two year old was unrestrained in the car.

The Santa Rosa County Commission on Thursday approved using 150 acres in East Milton for educational facilities, clearing the way for two new schools to be built on the property despite concerns about traffic and stormwater infrastructure.