Grandma Gibson, my maternal great-grandmother, lived on the Santa Rosa-Okaloosa county line, literally. One half of her house was in one county; the other half in the other county. The community was …
At the writing of this column, the Santa Rosa County School District board is preparing to vote whether or not to ask the county commission to bring back impact fees to fund new school construction. …
Any body in motion is of course susceptible to injury. We human beings hurt ourselves walking into doors, stepping on an escalator or casting a fishing line. You’ve probably seen such examples on Fac…
As a youngster, I, with my dad and fraternal grandmother, went across the Yellow River to fish rather frequently. Sometimes the Yellow River itself, sometimes East River or East Bay was our destinati…
March 29 was National Vietnam War Veterans Day, a federally recognized day honoring those who served and died in the Vietnam War, signed into law by President Donald Trump on March 28, 2017.
What c…
Perhaps I’ve overstated this, but a recent visit to a local coffee shop, Mama Lattes on Stewart Street, left me with this thought. I observed three interesting things while I was there.
A gentleman…
This column should be a home run because I plan on touching all the bases.
There is so much going on right now, and I’m going to write about all of it. If someone asks what my column is about today…
Everyone should be held accountable for his or her actions, but it’s human nature to have different expectations and standards for different people.
We roll our eyes and laugh when the post shows u…
Here are featured comments from our Speak Out hotline. I was calling about an article that's in Wednesday's paper. They had more or less the same article in the Pensacola paper the other day, and I figure they just made a mistake, but you've got the same thing in here about a guy that robbed […]
The good news this week, in the midst of a convicted felon accusing the President of the United States of essentially running a criminal enterprise, is that crime is down in this country – with maybe…
