Aug 3, 2013
Back to School Tax Holiday set for this weekend
This past session the Legislature approved another back-to-school tax holiday, set for August 2nd-4th.
During this period, clothing items costing less than $75 and school items priced less than $1…
Aug 3, 2013
Driver says red light camera may be factor in motorcycle accident
A red light violation camera was a factor in a single-vehicle crash Monday morning in Milton, according to witnesses of the accident.
A motorcycle driver lost control of his bike and crashed causi…
Aug 3, 2013
Canal St work to resume; permits obtained
Traffic remains detoured through downtown neighborhoods as construction on the Canal Street Project mulls along, stymied not by recent patches of rain, rather by complications in securing a permit wi…
Aug 2, 2013
Couple could face prison for animal cruelty
A married couple that was arrested earlier this month for animal cruelty may be facing prison time, according to Assistant State Attorney James Parker. He says officials in his office are pursuing ad…
Aug 2, 2013
Special Olympics Annual Charity Golf Tournament
Want to win a new car? A free weekend get-a-way perhaps? How about playing a fun game of golf, all while supporting your local Special Olympics athletes? Golfers from throughout the region are invi…
Aug 2, 2013
Milton's Whitehall Farms is home to American Cattlemen’s Cute Calf
Des Moines, Iowa: American Cattlemen magazine is pleased to announce the winner of our 2013 Cute Calf Contest. Out of 200 entries, the calf with the most votes (2,651) was Holly, a Belted Galloway c…
Aug 2, 2013
Community leaders celebrate 70 years of NAS Whiting
The seventieth anniversary of NAS Whiting Field was celebrated this week during a monthly, community update meeting with area leaders, politicians and commanding officers from the military base.
T…
Aug 2, 2013
Local Dentist Receives Academy of General Dentistry Mastership Award
The Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) is pleased to announce that Thomas H. Pyritz, DDS, MAGD, CDT of Pensacola, Florida received the association’s Mastership Award during the AGD 2013 Annual Meetin…
Aug 2, 2013
Chumuckla Elementary School building results in
School will proceed as usual at Chumuckla Elementary School this year, after an independent company, checking the air quality and giving a clean bill of health to the nearly 100-year-old building, di…
Jul 31, 2013
Mayor wants to ensure log trucks safe
There have been two traffic accidents involving log trucks within the past month, sparking inquiry into why the trucks are plodding through town, using primarily residential roads.
"My grandfather…