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Oct 7, 2024
The arrival of October means things get a little more interesting when it comes to high school football in the area.
For teams like Pace and Jay, it’s about continuing their respective pushes for the playoffs. The Patriots are the second-best team in Region 1-6A and a top 10 team in the state. Jay is in the same position in the Rural Classification.

Oct 3, 2024
I often write about bears, birds, weeds, and ants, so maybe I should change the name of this column to “Mr. Mike’s Nature Corner.” Turtles have become the celebrity creature in our household. For the past several weeks, almost daily, an assortment of box turtles has crawled under the fence into our backyard. At first, we assumed that they, like the occasional bear, were just passing through, but we soon learned that our yard is a destination.

Oct 3, 2024
The city of Milton’s Oct. 8 work session and council meeting figures to be an interesting one.

Oct 3, 2024
There’s a long-running joke out there that just about anyone can be a weatherman.

Sep 30, 2024
I saw a Facebook post a couple of weeks ago on a Saturday morning that caught my attention. It was on one of the Milton pages and featured photos of several players doing yard work just hours after they walked off the field at Bennett C. Russell Stadium in Navarre. They were holding rakes, working and smiling.

Sep 26, 2024
I remember being a middle school student, working on a PowerPoint presentation for Black History Month, when I heard the word Google for the first time. My teacher had just found out about the new search engine with a fun name and told us we should use it for our research.

Sep 26, 2024
Santa Rosa County has its very first Veterans’ Treatment Court for justice-involved Veterans and Judge Tony Giraud admitted three Veterans to his first court Sept. 11. He will admit 10 more Sept. 25.

Sep 26, 2024
In 1985, I went on a short-term mission trip to Haiti with a small team from our church. We were going to help Hosean International Ministries (HIM) build an orphanage in the town of Pignon, 40 miles south of Cap Haitien. There was a lot riding on this trip.

Sep 26, 2024
Amendment 1 on the ballot in November will determine whether Florida school board races remain nonpartisan.

Sep 24, 2024
I do some freelance work in the Division III college football world and one of the coaches last week said something interesting that all teams should keep in mind as they go through their respective athletic seasons.
His nationally ranked team, a title contender, had been upset by an unranked opponent at home in week one.
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