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Adams Sanitation filed a lawsuit in circuit court Monday defending the right to appeal the rejection of its application to service the southern part of Santa Rosa County.

The Santa Rosa County Zoning Board approved without objection a request to allow the development of a gated subdivision in Navarre. The site sits on a 16-acre plot at the 8900 Block of Navarre Parkway.

A 60-year-old Cantonment man who appears to have walked directly into the path of an SUV late Saturday night was killed. The driver, a 19-year-old woman from Milton, and her passenger, a 22-year-old man from Milton, were unharmed.

The accident happened at about 11:30 p.m. on U.S. Highway 90 in Escambia County.

In the middle of the Pacific Ocean on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Michael Fisher is aboard the USS Boxer sending emails back and forth with his wife.

The 844-foot multi-purpose amphibious assault ship is making its way back to San Diego from Hawaii, the final leg of a journey back from a six-month deployment in Jordan.

The weekly report by the Florida Department of Health shows Santa Rosa County COVID-19 cases dropping from over 2,000 the past two weeks to 1,437

UPDATED 1:45 p.m. The individual is at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center in stable condition.

ORIGINAL RELEASE: At approximately 9:45 a.m. an explosion occurred at the Navy School Explosive Ordnance Disposal C-52 North range.

Eglin and Okaloosa County emergency crews responded to the incident. An individual was airlifted to a medical facility. An investigation into the circumstances surrounding the mishap is underway. More information will be released as it becomes available.

Drivers will encounter traffic disruptions on the following state roads in Santa Rosa county as crews perform construction and maintenance activities.

The Santa Rosa millage rate, also known as property taxes, will remain the same for at least the twelfth consecutive year.

Fourteen minutes before 9 a.m. on the morning of Sept. 11 in New York City, American Airlines Flight 11 out of Boston slams into the North Tower of the World Trade Center.

Here in Florida, Don Arias is at Tyndall Air Force Base, where he works as the Chief of Public Affairs for First Air Force and Continental U.S. NORAD Region. He catches the footage of the attack on the television in his office.

On Aug. 31, Gulf Power had a transformer struck by lightning causing a fire that ended up breaking off the top of the transformer pole. The HNWS Waste Water Treatment Plant lost power, but the crew was able to maintain operations and prevent sanitary sewer overflows. All affected systems were restored, which kept HNWS members’ services in continuous working operation.