From the Newsroom: Santa Rosa Press Gazette

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The individual's identity has not been released pending next of kin notification, according to a press release from Florida Highway Patrol. The driver of a Honda CRV, 63-year-old David Bruce Oiscwa of Navarre, was traveling east in the right lane of U.S. 98 near Overdown Drive while the bicyclist was traveling south and crossing the eastbound lanes at approximately 1:45 a.m.

Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob John spoke to members of the media following a double stabbing in Gulf Breeze. The suspect, Erich Reitz, a former Niceville POlice officer is believed to have stabbed both of his parents before being shot multiple times during the altercation.

SANTA ROSA COUNTY — A 22-year-old man died Sunday night after being struck by a truck while walking along State Road 10 near U.S. Highway 90.

EGLIN AFB — A hiker found human skeletal remains scattered on the Eglin Air Force reservation Tuesday.

The man was hiking in an area north of U.S. Highway 98 near the Okaloosa-Santa Rosa County line about 5:30 p.m., according to a press release from the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office. It was there he found the bones spread out in the brush.

The Sheriff’s Office is processing the scene, the press release said.

Its almost finished. The long awaited four laning of State Road 87 is nearing completion
One of the top priorities of the Navarre Beach Chamber of Commerce as far back as the late 1960s and early 1970s was expansion the road.

Now, almost 45 years later one of the main routes for people in south Santa Rosa to get to I-10 and Milton at the north end, is almost complete.

The final stage of the road project is scheduled for completion in June 2019 after starting in October 2015. Just the 4.2-mile stretch from two miles south of the Yellow River north to Hickory Hammock Road in East Milton cost $29.7 million.  It included an additional two-lane bridge over the Yellow River.

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MILTON— A pedestrian was killed after being hit by a 17-year-old driver Wednesday morning.

According to a press release from the Florida Highway Patrol, Christian Clemons of Milton was driving a Dodge pickup truck north on State Road 87 about 8:35 a.m. with Jayden Cooper, 17 of Milton, as a passenger.

MILTON — A Chinese restaurant in Milton was temporarily closed last week after an inspector found 38 hard rodent droppings in the kitchen area.