A Pace man was arrested for allegedly hitting, choking and threatening his girlfriend.
Kayden Lee Socha, 21, is charged with battery with domestic violence, misdemeanor battery, felony battery by strangulation, resisting an officer and intimidation.
An armed man who authorities said took his ex-girlfriend hostage at her Holt home was found dead inside the residence Thursday morning from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.
A teacher at Rhodes Elementary noticed something was wrong with a third grader — the child couldn’t see clearly. A school counselor tracked down the mother, who said she had already taken all three of her kids to the eye doctor. She had the prescriptions. She just didn’t have the money to fill them.
The Santa Rosa County Commission will consider adopting an ordinance on Tuesday that would allow automated speed detection cameras in school zones across the county, a measure that could result in $100 fines for drivers caught exceeding school zone speed limits by more than 10 mph.
Naval Air Station Whiting Field and the City of Milton marked the start of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month on April 1 with a joint ceremony at which Milton Police Chief Jennifer Frank read a formal proclamation declaring April a month dedicated to standing against sexual violence.
What was once a furniture showroom and later an overhead door supplier became something else entirely Tuesday: a hands-on career and technical education hub that Santa Rosa County School District leaders say has been 14 years in the making.
The Santa Rosa County School Board is set to consider an updated school choice plan for the 2026-27 school year at its Thursday meeting, a document outlining how families across the district’s roughly 31,000 students may request transfers and access alternative education options.
Authorities are investigating the discovery of a deceased man who was found underneath the Garcon Point Bridge on Monday, according to a social media post from the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office.
The Santa Rosa County Commission voted unanimously on March 26 to deny a conditional use permit that would have allowed a faith-based college to construct a campus on 21 acres of rural land off Chumuckla Highway north of Pace.
