MILTON — The Veterans Memorial Foundation has a sculpture for honoring those who have supported service members with letters and care packages.
While the sculptor, Roxie Platt, donated her work, th…
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Zoning issues top county code violations
MILTON — Santa Rosa County's 2015-2016 annual report includes the year’s code compliance violations.
Notable are 485 zoning violations, 410 more than the second-highest violation. Randy Jones, with…
PHOTOS: County celebrates Addison Russell Day
MILTON — Pace High graduate and World Series winning Chicago Cubs shortstop Addison Russell visited the Santa Rosa County Commission for Wednesday's meeting in his honor.
Russell thanked the count…
Officials: Santa Rosa County's growth requires planning
THE ISSUE: Santa Rosa County's population boom could reach a record 180,000 residents by 2020, according to the University of Florida's Bureau of Economic and Business Research.
LOCAL IMPACT: I…
Officials discuss county's branding problem
MILTON — The Santa Rosa County Economic Development and Tourist Development offices work to bring business into the county through companies that provide jobs and generate tax dollars and tourists wh…
5 questions for Sheriff Bob Johnson
MILTON — Here, we catch up with newly sworn in Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson.
Why do you want to add resource officers to middle and elementary schools?
I used to be a resource officer at…
Santa Rosa County property values rise almost $1 billion
MILTON — Santa Rosa County property values are slowly rising, according to data from the county’s 2015-16 annual report.
Over the past three years real property value rose almost $1 billion.
For …
Council takes step toward Sunday alcohol sales
MILTON — The Sunday alcohol sales ordinance passed its first reading during Tuesday night’s executive committee meeting. The second reading will occur in February before the ordinance can become offi…
Milton mayor apologizes to councilwoman; her residency is 'dead issue'
See the full video of City of Milton Mayor Wesley Meiss and Councilwoman Mary Ellen Johnson's exchange here.
MILTON — Mayor Wesley Meiss apologized to Councilwoman Mary Ellen Johnson during an em…
City: storms sent sewage into Blackwater River
MILTON — A sewage spill occurred at approximately 6:57 a.m. on Jan. 3 and ran into the Blackwater River, according to a media release from the City of Milton.
The estimated spillage was 1,000 gallo…