News Archive

October is pit bull awareness month. Depending on whom you ask however, what you should be aware of is changes.

Visitors can step back in time in the north end of Santa Rosa County, which offers endless adventures for outdoor enthusiasts in one of the largest state forests. Blackwater River State Forest contains nearly 200,000 acres of undeveloped woodlands and waterways with an abundance of longleaf pine forests, providing scenic vistas and a diversity of flora and fauna.

Not many students would consider Georgetown University a “safety school.” Then again, not many students are like Jackie Neville. Neville is the Cadet Commander of Navarre High School’s NJROTC. She has been working on her application to both the Air Force and Naval academies since the middle of her junior year.

Pregnancy and infant loss are not often discussed in the public arena. Rather, those stories are often confined to doctor offices, funeral services and prayer groups.

“This is not a sad event,” Jennifer Steinmeier said Wednesday evening just after sunset.

Monsignor Luke Hunt still meets people in the grocery store who were helped by his church 10 years ago after Hurricane Ivan.

Navy veteran Dennis Del Rosario is the newest member of the Midway Fire District after he was sworn in at the Oct. 14 meeting.

Four juvenile female runaways from Texas were arrested by Santa Rosa County deputies Sunday morning after crashing a stolen car on Navarre Beach Causeway. There were no injuries. The oldest runaway was 14 years old.

“History was definitely made,” said Wesley Meiss, new mayor of the City of Milton, during an Oct. 14 special session to install new city leaders.

Santa Rosa County Tax Collector Stan Colie Nichols and Property Appraiser Greg Brown appeared Oct. 20 before county commissioners, recommending the board gather more details before engaging in a proposed agreement with the Florida Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Funding Agency.