May 16, 2016
City of Milton recognizes Milton Street and Sanitation Supervisor
Milton Street and Sanitation Supervisor Randy Hoyt's patience and kindness with a lost senior citizen earned him a nomination for city employee recognition.
On April 8, Hoyt helped a woman locate h…
May 16, 2016
Gulf Power staffers help restore access to forgotten cemetery
PENSACOLA — Using trimmers and saws and a lot of brute force yanking on vines, a team of Gulf Power volunteers from Plant Crist and Environmental Affairs carved a path into a patch of overgrown woods…
May 16, 2016
Santa Rosa County’s May 13-16 arrests include aggravated assault and exploitation of the elderly
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office provided these felony arrest reports from May 13-16.
Defendants are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Sherry Diane Burk , 38, Navarre, her…
May 16, 2016
Bagdad Mill Site Park: 10 years in the making
BAGDAD — Bagdad Mill Site Park is officially open after 10 years of work. The park features a kayak launch, historical markers and fishing pier.
Doug Lasater, chairman of the Bagdad Waterfronts Fl…
May 13, 2016
Power Up Watersports opens Saturday in Milton (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
MILTON — Santa Rosa County residents can rent water craft at Power Up Watersports starting Saturday.
The business — located at the Milton Marina on Quinn Street — offers a selection of rentals i…
May 13, 2016
5 questions with Milton High School's Mariah Bortolin
MILTON — Mariah Bortolin, like many high school seniors, said she’s thinking about where to go to college and how to pay for it.
This is why, she said, she was grateful to see scholarship opportuni…
May 13, 2016
Bagdad UMC gives special-needs kids a fishing day
BAGDAD — Volunteers with Bagdad United Methodist Church recently gave a rare opportunity to special-needs students from Bagdad Elementary School.
They offered a fishing day — on the house.
Studen…
May 13, 2016
Blackwater Pyrates remove 4,000 pounds of trash from river
MILTON — If the Blackwater River seems different, it probably has something to do with the Blackwater Pyrates.
The group pulled an estimated 4,000 pounds of trash — including heavy decking and floa…
May 13, 2016
Santa Rosa school district celebrates one year of STEAM
MILTON — Santa Rosa County Superintendant of Schools Tim Wyrosdick said “STEAM Innovate,” a science, technology, engineering, arts and math-based initiative, has exceeded expectations, and soon will …
May 13, 2016
UPDATED: Jay man caused fatal crash 12 hours after getting out of jail
Melvin Douglas Hawthorne had been charged in connection with a 2014 crash that killed one person and left another seriously injured.