U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 1st Special Operation Civil Engineer Squadron, participate in an annual bivouac training at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Nov. 7, 2023. During the exercise the 1 SOCES created a divert airfield to resume flying operations within seven hours for incoming heavy’s and fighters. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ty Pilgrim)
Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. – The 1st Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron embarked on a mission to enhance its operational readiness through a 96-hour bivouac field training exercise at the Tyndall Air Force Base Silver Flag training site, starting Nov. 6, 2023.
Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. – A year after a terrible car accident impacting four Airmen from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, Airman 1st Class Matthew Sharp’s journey of recovery is a story of hope and determination.
Sandy Wyatt, who owned and operated the popular Farmer’s Opry House restaurant and country music venue in Chumuckla between 2001-2012, died Wednesday, Nov. 22. He was 71.
The Florida Joint Legislative Auditing Committee on Monday voted unanimously to order an organizational audit of the City of Milton, starting with, but not limited to, its water reclamation project.
The cold weather shelter for the homeless and/or heatless will open on the night of Wednesday, Dec. 6 at Ferris Hill Baptist Church, 6848 Chaffin St. in Milton. Those who would like to stay at the shelter must arrive between 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Only service animals (with verification of rabies vaccination) are permitted to stay with guests. No one will be admitted after 8:30 p.m. unless brought in by law enforcement. The shelter closes at 7 a.m. each morning.
The Milton City Council is expected to appoint either Kathy Ellis or Shari Sebastiao to fill Ward 4’s Seat 1 vacancy at its regular meeting Tuesday, Dec. 12.
The council interviewed the candidates at their executive committee meeting Monday.
Pace has become one of the better soccer teams in the area.
But on this chilly, see-your-breath kind of night for the Patriots at the Navarre Soccer Complex, it didn’t go the Patriots’ way.
Congrats to our Athletes and Students of the Week!
Over the last two years freshwater fisheries researchers and managers with the FWC have successfully released more than 11,000 shoal bass.
It’s part of an ongoing recovery effort for the shoal bass population after Hurricane Michael devastated the Panama City area in 2018 and depleted more than 90% of it.