The National Association of Town Watch – a nationwide network of law enforcement agencies, neighborhood watch groups, civic groups, state and regional crime prevention associations and volunteers – introduced the first National Night Out in August 1984. Two-and-a-half million people in 400 communities across 23 states participated.
A cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean was off to her right. And the opportunity of a lifetime was right in front of her.
Sarah Edwards stepped into the tee box on the 10th hole of the famed Pebble Beach Golf Course feeling every nerve and emotion imaginable as she readied herself to tee off at the LPGA’s U.S. Women’s Open Championship for the first time in her life in early July.
Alexis Parker remembers her time as a first-year cadet and going through the week-long Pace NJROTC NS1 camp that gives newcomers a feel for what life will be like in the program and what it takes to be successful in it.
Three years later, Parker, a senior, is the commanding officer of a unit that has won the last three national championships, and she’s come a long way and is ready to embrace her new responsibilities.
If you have ever enjoyed a peanut M&M, then you can likely thank Ryan Jenkins for growing that peanut in his fields in Jay. Recently, Jenkins received recognition as the 2023 Farm Press Peanut Efficiency Award winner for the lower Southeast.
Jenkins, whose family has been farming in north Santa Rosa County for generations, was named the award winner for using farming practices that manage resources such as water and seed more efficiently.
For Rashelle Stewart, executive director of Tiny Acres Northwest Florida, Inc., helping horses is the ‘mane’ thing.
Tiny Acres Northwest Florida, Inc. is a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to supporting and rehabilitating abused or neglected horses in Santa Rosa County.
Bob DeMauro, the fish hatchery manager at the Blackwater Fisheries Research & Development Center near Holt, is eager to see the latest results of the center’s ongoing efforts to replenish the Chipola River’s population of shoal bass.
The first Bagdad Spring Fest was almost too successful, organizer Matt Leifer told the Press Gazette last week.
“It went freaking awesome,” Leifer said. “The issue is, we think we’ve already outgrown the location. We’ve already had people asking how they can get involved and be a part of it next year.”
Florida led Texas Christian 2-1 in the bottom of the fourth inning Wednesday, June 21, when Mack Morris opened his home to the Press Gazette.
Morris, 96, lives alone at his Metron Estates home in Pea Ridge. The World War II veteran – one of the few remaining representatives of “the Greatest Generation” – was watching the College World Series baseball game between the Gators and Horned Frogs on a large, wall-mounted flat-screen TV in a tidy, tastefully simple living room.
Have you ever been listening to a true crime podcast and wondered what it would be like to be a part of the crime scene investigation?
Thanks to 4-H, some northwest Florida teens got the opportunity to learn a little about what goes into analyzing crime scenes and evidence. These teens were a part of the 4-H Teen Forensic Day Camp.
The Fellowship of Churches Santa Rosa County is planning a day of music, food and fun for its first Juneteenth National Independence Day celebration Monday, June 19, on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Milton.
