The Milton City Council voted 5-2 last week to donate $5,000 – $1,000 for each public school in the city – to the Santa Rosa Education Foundation’s new “Do unto Others” program, also known as DUO.
Butterflies in Motion, Inc. – formerly known as Panhandle Butterfly House and Nature Center, Inc. – uses a mobile butterfly habitat to deliver free educational programs across northern Florida between late spring and the end of the Monarch butterfly migration in October. In just its second season, it already has earned awards for environmental education from the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs and the six-state Deep South Regional Garden Club; it also has received a conservation education award from National Garden Clubs Inc.
Jim Stickle celebrated his eighth anniversary pastoring New Life Baptist Church in May. He is the longest-tenured pastor in the church’s almost 43-year history. Only three previous pastors stayed at the church longer than four years.
Area residents learned how bees, birds and butterflies play a critical role in agriculture during Keep Santa Rosa Beautiful’s ‘Pollination Celebration’ Saturday at the Panhandle Butterfly House & Nature Center.
At a special meeting Thursday, June 15, the Milton City Council narrowed the field of candidates to replace retiring City Manager Randy Jorgenson from 43 to eight. The council expects to conduct Zoom virtual interviews of four candidates at each of two special meetings next week. The meetings will begin at 5:30 p.m. Monday, June 26, and Wednesday, June 28, at City Hall, 6738 Dixon St.
The Santa Rosa County Commission on Thursday agreed it did not support pornography in schools, but stopped short of considering a resolution that might be seen as meddling in the school district’s business.
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday, June 20, they would not seek charges in the case involving Nikko’s Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi Bar in Pace.
The case stems from a June 9 incident when seven people fell ill after eating at Nikko’s. Sheriff’s Office deputies first became aware of the situation June 10, when they responded to a police assist call at Santa Rosa Hospital.
A man was shot and killed while driving last night in Pace.
According to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office, at approximately 6:30 p.m., the agency received reports of a shooting that had occurred in the area of Wallace Lake Road off Quintette Road in Pace.
The City of Milton Fire Department dedicated its newest fire engine with a traditional “push-in” ceremony Friday, June 16, at Station 23, 5321 Stewart St.
The Fellowship of Churches Santa Rosa County Juneteenth celebration is going on until 4 p.m. today, Monday, June 19, on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, weather permitting.
