Santa Rosa County School District is attempting to fill in the gaps and help students with economic struggles.

Recent data from the school district and United Way reveal that many students in the county are living either in poverty or meet the definition of homelessness, and SRC schools have programs to help.

The day after Philip Hayes turned himself in for shooting a mule in Milton, his attorney held a press conference.

Dan Stewart, a personal injury lawyer, is representing Hayes and addressed the incident on April 19.

Constant ordinance breaking on Navarre Beach has caused some concern.

On Thursday, April 7, the Tourism Development Council (TDC) of Santa Rosa County discussed the issue at their scheduled meeting.

Justice is being served for the stray mule that was shot and killed on Tuesday, April 12. Philip Alan Hayes has been charged with felony for torturing or inflicting pain, serious injury, or death on an animal, as well as a misdemeanor for the inhumane slaughter of livestock. Hayes turned himself in to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office around 10 p.m. on Monday, April 18, almost a week after the incident on Deaton Bridge Road in Milton. Hayes was released just after midnight.

Patricia “Trish” Droogsma taught in Santa Rosa County for going on 37 years. This year, she was Santa Rosa High School’s Teacher of the Year—for the second time.

Unfortunately, after a battle with cancer, she passed away on March 2, 2022. Her memorial service took place on April 7, 2022.

A controlled burn turned into a wildfire on Friday, April 8, 2022. Firefighters with the Florida Forest Service’s Blackwater Forestry Center, in addition to other departments, fought a wildfire near Dickerson City Road at Garcon Point in Santa Rosa County beginning early on Friday afternoon.

Santa Rosa County is doing comparatively well in its unemployment rates. The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity released Florida’s unemployment rates for February 2022, including the state average and the numbers for each county.

For Mark and Svitlana Boudreaux, the war in Ukraine hits too close to home. To Svitlana Boudreaux, Ukraine is home.

She moved to the U.S. in 2013, and a year later, she married Mark Boudreaux.

Nine minutes after the Holley-Navarre Fire District got the call, Captain Sean Tolar had already saved a life.

The toddler was found just beyond the front door of a burning modular home on Jeannie Street Tuesday, March 15.

Navarre Beach recently got a new beach manager, and his experience speaks for itself.