School district eyes new construction
MILTON — Santa Rosa County voters on Tuesday decided to continue the 18-year-old half-cent school infrastructure surtax for another 10 years.
Of 12,196 voters, 74.37 percent approved the tax. They…
Meet Santa Rosa County's National Merit finalists
MILTON — Among the National Merit Scholarship program’s 15,000 finalists, three hail from Santa Rosa County.
Specifically, they are Diana Hanks and Christia Victoriano of Pace High School, and Mich…
Milton High girls to compete for scholarship, jewelry
MILTON — Thirty-eight Milton High School girls will compete in the 29th Annual Miss MHS Scholarship Pageant.
The pageant will take place at 6 p.m. April 22 in the MHS auditorium.
Contestants, fro…
Milton’s Hanks joins Defenders football program
SIOUX CENTER, IA — Cody Hanks, a senior from Milton, has announced his intention to attend Dordt College and join the Defender football program.
Hanks is a 6-foot-tall, 295-pound offensive lineman …
Absolutely Incredible Day
EAST MILTON — East Milton Elementary third-graders, among other Santa Rosa County students, now know this: they are Absolutely Incredible.
A number of students received hand-written letters of enco…
Pace Rotary supports 3 organizations
PACE — The Pace Rotary Club welcomed representatives from several community organizations at its latest meeting.
KeithAnn Campbell, from Santa Rosa Kids House, said the organization provides therap…
MHS Band to present Crawfish Festival
MILTON — The second annual Milton High School Band Crawfish Festival is set 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, April 8 on the Park Avenue side of MHS’s campus.
The event features a Louisiana-style crawfis…
Tree, shrub pruning techniques take focus March 27
MILTON — Proper pruning techniques for trees and shrubs will be the topic of the March 27 "Mondays in the Gardens" series.
Florida Master Gardener Mike Burba will lead the one-hour presentation beg…
Gulf Breeze tops in 30th Annual Math Bowl
NICEVILLE — High school teams from across Northwest Florida competed in the 30th annual Math Bowl March 3 at Northwest Florida State College.
After a daylong competition consisting of written exams…
Pea Ridge Elementary sets kindergarten pre-registration
PACE — Parents planning to send their children to Pea Ridge Elementary can register at these times:
8 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 19 and 20
5-7 p.m. April 20
Registration resumes throughout the summ…















