The Milton City Council will hold a special meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday to decide how to proceed while it seeks a replacement for City Manager Scott Collins, who is resigning effective Feb. 23.

Santa Rosa County Administrator DeVann Cook submitted his letter of resignation to the Board of County Commissioners on Monday.

Installing Florida’s largest American flag in Santa Rosa County would display its residents’ patriotism, honor the military and veterans, and attract tourists, County Commissioner James Calkins told his colleagues at two Board of County Commissioners’ meetings last week.

Milton City Manager Scott Collins, who began his duties in October, submitted a letter of resignation to the Milton City Council and Mayor Heather Lindsay by email on Wednesday.

A proposal to create a utilities authority to manage water and sewer services in Santa Rosa County north of the Yellow River is dead, for now.

A new soccer complex on U.S. Highway 98 will relieve pressure on Tiger Point Park and provide greater connectivity for Woodlawn Beach Middle School.

The Gulf Breeze Zoo will host “Giraffe Day” at 9:30 a.m. Friday, when Kenya, a 15-foot-tall female reticulated giraffe, will predict not only how long we have to wait for warmer weather BUT ALSO the winner of Super Bowl LVIII.

Allison and Daniel Hartman have 11 children ranging in age from 3 to 25. Parenting for a quarter century, with another decade-and-a-half in front of them, Allison said the Hartmans have “kind of a different take on raising a family.” “What I’m seeing is a lot of coddling and ‘helicopter moms,’ parents who do basically anything for their kids,” she said. “Then when their kids graduate, they send them off to college and expect everything to work out.” With her church leaders’ blessing, Allison organized the “Raising Adults, Not Children” conference, to be held from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3, at Woodbine Baptist Church, 4912 Woodbine Road.

Chief Dan Helms of the Santa Rosa Band of the Lower Muscogee – also called the Santa Rosa Creek Band – said last week that former Chief Lloyd Hinote is a “hero” to his people and the county.