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When Joyce (Penton) Schnoor picked up a Press Gazette over 30 years ago, she read an article that changed the rest of her life. The article was about how there was no business for Christmas trees or …

Mark your calendar for upcoming opportunities to shop for bargain books of all types and subjects, for all ages. Santa Rosa County Library Friends groups regularly hold book sales to raise funds for …

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is providing a weekly update on the Avalon Boulevard multilane projects in Milton. U.S. 90 to Commerce Road This week the contractor has been construct…

City of Milton meetings Milton's city council will meet in executive session on Oct. 1 at 4 p.m. at Milton City Hall. Milton's city council will meet in special session at 4 p.m. Oct. 9 for the purpo…

Tuesday night officers responded to a Park Avenue home in Milton who was allegedly threatening law enforcement. According to Milton Police Chief Greg Brand, an armed and barricaded subject had been c…

When you produce roughly 30,158 tons of peanuts a year there is plenty of little reasons to go nuts over the peanut. Back in 2010, Santa Rosa County had the highest yield per acre in the state of Flo…

City of Milton meetings Milton's public works committee will meet Sept. 27 at 8 a.m. in conference room B at Milton City Hall. Milton's city council will meet in executive session on Oct. 1 at 4 p.m.…

Whether we are making that daily commute to work or the occasional leisure drive, we pass by it every time we drive to Pensacola. The Simpson River Fishing Pier is one of the few places people can en…

The Santa Rosa County Health Department continues its mosquito-borne virus alert. An additional case of human West Nile Virus (WNV) has been reported, bringing the total number to three. The possibil…

A Santa Rosa County member of Florida Farm Bureau’s Young Farmers and Ranchers program is a top contestant for a statewide award this year. Trent Matthews is one of three finalists selected for Flori…