In addition to Monday, Jan. 26, and Tuesday, Jan. 27, the cold weather shelter for the homeless and/or heatless will be open on the nights of Wednesday, Jan. 28, Thursday, Jan. 29, and Friday, Jan. 30 at Ferris Hill Baptist Church, 6848 Chaffin St. in Milton.
With the holidays behind us, your garage is probably pretty cluttered right about now, storing boxes and boxes of decorations. You’ve got red and green Christmas decorations and glittery New Year’s decorations stacked on top of fall decorations. Decorating and undecorating for the holidays can be chaotic. And with the help of Closets by Design, your garage or storage room will be organized, and every decoration will have a home, making preparing for the holidays enjoyable like it should be.
Snowbird season is in full swing, and a lot of those snowbirds graciously flock to Good Neighbor Thrift Store to spend some of their free time volunteering in the beach town they have come to know and love.
The Emerald Coast Lifesaving Association will host the second edition of its Lifeguard Development Course on Navarre Beach on Feb. 16. The course will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is designed for second- and third-year lifeguards, with an emphasis on advanced skills, teamwork and leadership preparation. The program is not intended for current supervisors.
An alleged burglary Friday, Jan. 16, led to the arrest of four people in Milton.
The incident was reported after a neighbor noticed suspicious activity and alerted the homeowner. Deputies with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office responded, and the suspects attempted to flee before being apprehended.
Tuesday night, January 13, 2026, at approximately 7:20 p.m., deputies with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office responded to an attempted armed burglary at Navarre Jewelry & Quartz Watch Repair, located at 2282 Highway 87 South.
In an area where “local” truly matters, Graze Craze Gulf Breeze is redefining what that word means. While the name may be part of a growing national brand, the heart behind the business is unmistakably homegrown. Owned and operated by Holley by the Sea residents Jocelyn and Paul Sanders, Graze Craze Gulf Breeze was created not as a corporate venture, but as a way to serve the community they love with food that brings people together.
Santa Rosa Education Foundation has announced the three finalists selected from five semifinalists for Santa Rosa Teacher of the Year. Congratulations to Audra Hughes, Avalon Middle, Bayleigh Upton, Jay High, Dayna Hood, Milton High.
