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.
When veterans return from war, they face many challenges. Some struggle with readjusting to civilian life while others deal with physical scars or psychological trauma.
To help veterans reclaim their lives through treatment, services and other resources, Jamie Wells started Defenders of Freedom Florida in 2020. He serves as its CEO and president.
The S.A.F.E. Program has been growing since its inception in 2022.
Recently, Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson, Santa Rosa County Emergency Management and Col. Allison Black, 1st SOW Commander of Hurlburt Field, were presented with new S.A.F.E. Program Packs at Samurai Steakhouse and Sushi Bar in Navarre.
On 640 acres off County Road 182 near Allentown, you’ll find the Jay Research Facility, which is a part of the UF/IFAS West Florida Research and Education Center.
UF/IFAS, which stands for the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, is a federal-state-county partnership dedicated to developing knowledge in agriculture, human and natural resources, and the life sciences, and enhancing the quality of human life by making that information accessible. The college has a dozen research facilities across the state.
