South Florida cop reunites with 'angel in jeans and work boots'
MILTON — Thousands of Facebook users now know Officer Tommy Burgs’ story of escaping Hurricane Irma and meeting a Milton man, David Cooper, whom he describes as “the angel in jeans and work boots.”
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Belanger, Giles lead in Stonebrook ladies' day
PACE — Stonebrook Golf Club’s Sept. 19 ladies’ day results are as follows:
Flight A Net 1. Audrey Belanger 2. Joanne Kelley 3. Andy Duchesne Flight B Net 1. Liz Giles 2. Wanda Couchman 3. Pa…
Santa Rosa Art Association’s guest artist excels in intricate botanicals, landscapes
MILTON — Kathy Sheppard, an award-winning artist who has traveled the U.S. and abroad, has studied and practiced art all of her life.
She is the Santa Rosa Art Association's next guest artist for …
Japan's consul general in Miami to visit Pensacola
PENSACOLA — Consul General of Japan in Miami Ken Okaniwa will make a diplomatic visit to Pensacola Oct. 6 and 7.
Oct. 6, he will meet with Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward. Later that morning, he is …
Santa Rosa County Farm Tour returns in October
MILTON —The 51st Annual Santa Rosa County Farm Tour will be held Tuesday, Oct. 24, beginning at the Santa Rosa County Extension office located at 6263 Dogwood Drive in Milton.
The longest-standing …
Milton native, wounded veteran receives gifted home
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. — Sgt. Kirstie Ennis, a wounded Marine veteran from Milton, received a mortgage-free home from Building Homes for Heroes.
The home-gifting ceremony took place Sept. 16 in Gl…
Santa Rosa County recognizes local business' achievements
MILTON — Seven local businesses on Sept. 19 received recognition at the Santa Rosa County 2017 Industry Appreciation event in the county auditorium.
Awards included those for 10- and 20-year milest…
'We are our 'brother's keeper''
PENSACOLA — When Egas “EJ” Gomes joined Gulf Power in 2015, he fit right into the company's hyper-vigilant safety culture that’s defined by the mantra “be your brother’s keeper.”
He’s lived by that…
'I never thought I'd get this far'
PACE — Pace High School senior Jason Barlow took a coach’s suggestion to write instead of talk. and turned it into "Rise of the Phoenix (Home of the Brave," a 355-page book available through Amazon. …
More college graduates face underemployment
MILTON — The Federal Reserve Bank of New York finds that students who major in treatment therapy, family and consumer sciences, general social sciences, anthropology, fine arts, early childhood educa…
















