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New NAACP president plans growth, inclusion
MILTON — The new NAACP president in Santa Rosa County is on a mission to increase membership and be more inclusive.A Navy and Marine Corps veteran, Danny Scott is making his second stop in Santa Rosa County. A war injury medically retired Scott, and he moved here in 1998 before leaving in 2004. He retuned in 2016.Scott joined the Navy in 1984 as a corpsman and, as Scott put it, he “did… → Read More
Miss MHS Scholarship Pageant to field 41 contestants (PHOTOS)
MILTON — It's time for the 31st annual Miss MHS Scholarship Pageant.Saturday night, 41 of Milton High School's finest young women will represent different athletic, social and academic organizations at the school.The pageant is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. in the Milton High auditorium. Tickets cost $5 for adults, $4 for students.The winners will receive scholarship money and will be recognized… → Read More
Florida veteran attempts Mount Everest with prosthetic leg
Wounded veteran Kirstie Ennis will attempt to climb Mount Everest, the 29,029-foot-tall mountain, on a prosthetic leg. → Read More
Florida veteran attempts Mount Everest with prosthetic leg
Wounded veteran Kirstie Ennis will attempt to climb Mount Everest, the 29,029-foot-tall mountain, on a prosthetic leg. → Read More
Florida veteran attempts Mount Everest with prosthetic leg
Wounded veteran Kirstie Ennis will attempt to climb Mount Everest, the 29,029-foot-tall mountain, on a prosthetic leg. → Read More
Florida veteran attempts Mount Everest with prosthetic leg
Wounded veteran Kirstie Ennis will attempt to climb Mount Everest, the 29,029-foot-tall mountain, on a prosthetic leg. → Read More
Florida veteran attempts Mount Everest with prosthetic leg
Wounded veteran Kirstie Ennis will attempt to climb Mount Everest, the 29,029-foot-tall mountain, on a prosthetic leg. → Read More
In split vote, Milton Council fires city manager
MILTON — Councilman Jeff Snow made the motion to fire City Manager Brian Watkins near the end of the Tuesday council meeting. Councilpersons Peggi Smith, Casey Powell and Alan Lowery voted to fire him. Pat Lunsford, Sharon Holley, Mary Ellen Johnson and Heather Hathaway voted to retain him. Mayor Wesley Meiss cast the deciding vote. Council members have twice attempted to remove Watkins. Smith… → Read More
Report: SRSO has fired 10 deputies since sheriff's election
MILTON — A firm stance on deputy conduct has led to 10 firings since voters put Sheriff Bob Johnson in the office in 2016, he said.This is despite the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office’s staffing shortage, which led to county commissioners approving a 10 percent raise for deputies in January of 2017. “There is nothing more damaging than a bad cop,” Public Information Officer Rich Aloy said. The… → Read More
Tribe gets support for federal recognition
MILTON — Santa Rosa commissioners have said in a recent resolution they support a proposal to recognize the Santa Rosa County Creek Indian Tribe Inc., as a federally recognized Indian tribe."We appreciate the consideration of the county commissioners (for) something that we are endeavoring to do that is a lifelong dream of all of us," Dan Helms, the tribe's vice chief, said at the Feb. 5… → Read More
Statue of soldier reading mail from home goes up in Milton
It bears the names of 23 people and organizations who support the Veterans Memorial Foundation. → Read More
Farm Share to supply food for 1,000 Santa Rosa families
Volunteers will help distribute free, fresh, nutritious food to feed over 1,000 families. Health education resources will also be provided. → Read More
Clothing-optional 5K: Care to sign up? It's Saturday
“It’s a drawing card. We get people that normally would not go to a nudist camp. It gives them an excuse." → Read More
Santa Rosa County Commission supports hunters in lawsuit
Santa Rosa commissioners have unanimously supported hunting with hounds in a case between the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and property owners in the Blackwater State Forest. → Read More
South Florida cop reunites with ‘angel in jeans and work boots’
MILTON — Thousands of Facebook users now know Officer Tommy Burgs’ story of escaping Hurricane Irma and meeting a Milton man, David Cooper, whom he describes as “the angel in jeans and work boots.”Burgs — a police officer in Pembroke Pines, near Fort Lauderdale — was driving his RV to Pensacola with his family to evacuate when a tire blew along the way. Sept. 8, he made it to Milton on the spare… → Read More
Three arrested in connection with 28 vehicle burglaries
NAVARRE — Sean Banks, 19, Parker Ragsdale, 18, and Timothy Bain, 17 have been arrested in connection with 28 burglary cases in one Navarre neighborhood, according to Santa Rosa Sheriff's Office Public Information Officer Rich Aloy.According to the Santa Rosa Sheriff's Office, there have been 41 vehicle burglaries, 16 stolen vehicles, and seven stolen guns in Navarre in 2017.All those crimes have… → Read More
Santa Rosa schools to have classroom-only drivers' ed
MILTON — After more than a decade of partnership, Pete Moore Chevrolet will no longer supply vehicles for the Santa Rosa County School District's drivers’ education program.The reason is because of the risk of students driving on public roads, according to the dealership.The school district received notice May 1 of Pete Moore’s decision, according to Director of High Schools Jason Weeks. After… → Read More
Milton high threat under investigation
MILTON — Milton High School is keeping a student at home today following threats made to the school. The Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office would → Read More
Man wants to make Milton a video gamer's destination
MILTON — Vincent Bain wants to attract video game players everywhere to Milton for a tournament, but first he will need some help.The 24-year-old → Read More
Business owners: Sunday alcohol sales aid economic growth
MILTON — The city has allowed Sunday alcohol sales since Feb. 14; Santa Rosa County, north of the Yellow River, has done the same since Feb. 23.To varying degrees, restaurant owners are seeing business growth.Joe Abston, who owns Tin Cow restaurants in Pensacola and Pace, planned to close the Pace location if Sunday sales had not passed in Santa Rosa County.“It was not even a conversation but a… → Read More