Community Archive

Anyone who hasn’t tried a grilled peanut butter and jelly sandwich should.

The toasty sweet treat was the main attraction on Peanutty Way, a display set up Thursday in the Santa Rosa County Administration Building to celebrate National Peanut Month in March.

IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area recently announced its 2023 membership drive has successfully concluded with a total of 1,192 members.

Twenty-six years ago, Tiphanie Sapp never would have thought she’d be in the position she is today.

She started out as a brand new teacher at East Milton Elementary School and has gradually worked her way up to the position of principal.

The newest member of the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office K9 unit is named in honor of a longtime member of the agency.

Chief Deputy Joe McCurdy is retiring this summer after 33 years of service to the citizens of Santa Rosa County. In gratitude and recognition of McCurdy’s service, Sheriff Bob Johnson has named the new bloodhound Chief.

To say Jay High School’s FFA plays a big role in life at the school would be an understatement. With 100 members between the middle and high school chapter (one-fifth of the student population), Jay FFA is perhaps the most prominent intracurricular organization in the school.

This past week, Jay’s FFA held several events in honor of National FFA week, as well as to recognize the agricultural heritage of the Town of Jay. For those not familiar with the organization, FFA stands for Future Farmers of America, but the official name is the National FFA Organization.

A mob of white settlers brutally murdered a Creek man in April 1837 at the Blackwater River near Lumberton – present day Milton.

Almost 186 years later, the Santa Rosa Band of the Lower Muscogee Creek Tribe unveiled a historical marker remembering the event at Jernigan’s Landing.

A mob of white settlers brutally murdered a Creek man in April 1837 at the Blackwater River near Lumberton – present day Milton.

Almost 186 years later, the Santa Rosa Band of the Lower Muscogee Creek Tribe unveiled a historical marker remembering the event at Jernigan’s Landing.

St. Mary’s Shoppe, 6849 Oak St. in Milton, now offers weekly specials. The Shoppe has new and vintage one-of-a-kind treasures, offering something for everyone.

The Shoppe is open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays, along with a food ministry on Tuesdays and Thursdays. If you’re looking for fantastic deals, please stop by.

Santa Rosa District Schools celebrated middle and high school students who were selected to the All-County Honor Band during two performances Saturday, Jan. 28, at Pace Assembly of God’s auditorium.

“I miss the debate now and then,” Randy Jorgenson said of Bill “Uncle Buddy” Bledsoe last week as the City of Milton dedicated a pavilion in Bledsoe’s honor at Milton Historic Cemetery.

Jorgenson, now Milton’s city manager, was the city’s planning director when the men met.