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Santa Rosa County Commissioner Colten Wright said last week that it’s not fair to levy a toll on motorists to help pay for the $2.7-billion Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project.

“I personally take great issue with putting a toll on … Interstate 10 coming into Escambia County and Santa Rosa County,” Wright told the commission at its regular meeting July 28 in Milton.

The Santa Rosa County School District announced in June that students could have to walk farther to catch the bus beginning this fall.

Last week, it mailed almost 18,000 postcards telling parents the district’s transportation plans for their children.

Alonzo Samuel has coached hundreds of young Milton athletes over the past 36 years, starting with his own children in 1985. Most folks just call him “Coach Sam.”

The City of Milton will show its appreciation Saturday by naming its youth football field in his honor. The day will start at 10 a.m. at the Clyde L. Gracey Community Center, 5629 Byrom Street, with a ceremony honoring the long-time volunteer, aircraft mechanic and pastor.

The Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County (DOH-Santa Rosa) and CDAC Behavioral Health will host the 2022 National Night Out on Aug. 2.

According to a press release for the event, it will be held at the Clyde L. Gracey Community Center, which is located at 5629 Byrom Street in Milton from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 pm. The National Night Out is a community building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships.

A Pace man was sent to jail following a car crash on I-10 that involved a tractor/trailer.

The crash occurred on July 26 in the eastbound lane of I-10, near mile marker 18. Adam Saylor, 32, of Pace, was driving an SUV when he had a tire blow out while he was travelling at approximately 90 mph.

The problem is becoming…unbearable.

“I’m quite tired of hearing FWC tell you as a citizen or me as a citizen that you’ve got to rattle pans, or put up fences, or put your garbage out after a certain time or pay for an expensive bear can” to keep Florida black bears from snooping around people’s homes, Santa Rosa County Commission Chairman Bob Cole said Monday.

Santa Rosa County will move the Florida First Judicial Circuit Court into a $42-million new facility this summer, but it hasn’t decided what the future holds for the 95-year-old downtown Milton courthouse.

“My preference would be to sell it to the public and hope they can do something useful with it,” Santa Rosa County Commission Chairman Bob Cole said last week.