Milton News

Roads have been reopened after smoke from a brush fire on Ward Basin Road at New Lake Road created a hazard.

The Florida Council of Instructional Technology Leaders has named Debbie S. Anderson, principal of S.S. Dixon Primary School, Milton, Fla., in the Santa Rosa School District, 2013 Innovative Principal of the Year.

A man tried to drive over a Santa Rosa County sheriff deputy's patrol car Thursday night to escape pursuit, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A Pennsylvania woman presumed dead after disappearing in 2002 - only to re-emerge in the Florida Keys in late April - is in the Santa Rosa County Jail for failing to check in with a probation officer.

After more than a year as the interim economic development director in Santa Rosa County, Shannon Ogletree now has the position permanently.

Eglin Air Force Base has a controlled burn near Yellow River Bridge, or State Road 87, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A 73-year-old woman was in serious condition Wednesday after a traffic crash on U.S. Highway 90 near Sunset Drive, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A 55-year-old man was arrested May 6 on three counts of lewd and lascivious molestation on a child less than 12 years old.

Slow but consistent safety reforms continue at local schools nearly five months after 26 people were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

Zachary Vance Greer, 22, was arrested in Milton about 7:30 p.m., according to Deputy Richard Aloy with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office.

A Santa Rosa County Sheriff's deputy struck and killed a pedestrian while driving his patrol car on U.S. Highway 90 Saturday evening.

The Bands on the Blackwater concert series that starts in Milton tonight carries the Joe Lewis seal of approval.

Four people are behind bars for their parts in a drug sale and manufacturing operation out of rooms in the Emerald Sands Inn in Milton, according to authorities.

Worshipers from throughout the country and our two counties will gather today for the 62nd Annual National Day of Prayer.

MILTON, Fla. Florida health officials are sending out a warning concerning the Norovirus that has been detected in Santa Rosa and Escambia counties.

May is Military Appreciation Month, and the Santa Rosa County Chamber of Commerce is selling thank you signs to fund activities expressing gratitude to thousands of local veterans and their families leading up to Memorial Day.

Starting Thursday, San Blas Street in Milton will be temporarily closed. The roadway, east of Avalon Boulevard, will be closed for drainage work over the next two to three weeks, according to the Florida Department of Transportation.

Double your pleasure and your fun this weekend with two shopping extravaganzas that will benefit multiple causes.

For the next nine weeks, the Blackwater River will be rocking with some of the best local musical talent as the City of Milton hosts its second annual Bands on the Blackwater.

Florida Highway Patrol is investigation a fatal crash in Santa Rosa County that happened around 10 Monday night on I-10 Eastbound, near mile marker 34 in Milton.