Oct 3, 2014
MPD: Cross burning incident a retaliation of robbery
Warrants were served on two men last week allegedly involved in a cross burning incident on Applegate Street, Milton, August 14. Cody Allen Perritt, 18, Milton, and William Jayson Young, 18, Pace, we…
Oct 2, 2014
McMillan sentenced to life for sexual battery on child
State Attorney Bill Eddins announced that Vance Auris McMillan, age 31, was found guilty on October 1 of Sexual Battery upon a Child Less Than 12 Years of Age following a jury trial in Santa Rosa Cou…
Sep 29, 2014
Ready to rest a spell
Farmers are overwhelmingly optimistic.
They are also supervisors, salespeople, managers and prayer warriors.
Sixth-generation farmer Copeland Griswold, approaching his 84th birthday, is schedu…
Sep 29, 2014
New Tourist Development Director advocates all of SRC
Thursday’s Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners vote was the final step to bringing on board Julie Morgan as the county’s Tourist Development Director. Morgan, who lives in Tennessee, said…
Sep 29, 2014
What is that smell in the air?
“Windows down, cool fall weather and the smell of fresh dug peanuts makes for a good morning,” shared lifelong North Santa Rosa resident Kayla Wilson.
The peanut may have originated in Brazil, but…
Sep 29, 2014
One CENTURY old
One century old
36, 540 days
100 birthdays
Nine year old Camryn Pinckard has access to more history than she could ever read in a textbook.
She just has to drop by her Great-Granddaddy’s…
Sep 29, 2014
T is for Turtle Point
T is for Turtle Point. The students at Training Wheels had their annual visit from the Turtle Point Science Center. The students got to interact with two tortoises, two snakes, a leopard gecko, and a…
Sep 29, 2014
Jay candle makers explain their process
According to Joshua Kinder, Jay Candles is a family business focused on quality and giving back. Kinder is currently in sales now, but four months ago, with the support of his wife, Angela, the famil…
Sep 26, 2014
Nighttime lane closures planned for US 98 in SRC
U.S. 98 (Gulf Breeze Parkway), between the Naval Live Oaks Park and the Gulf Breeze Zoo in Santa Rosa County, will encounter lane closures Sunday, Sept. 28 through Thursday, Oct. 2 from 7 p.m. to 7 a…
Sep 26, 2014
Fatal accident on SR 87 and SR 4
The Florida Highway Patrol reports a fatal accident Friday morning at 4:27 a.m., happening at State Road 87 and State Road 4. Alcohol may have been an issue, reports said. Robert Allen Spears, 23, Pe…