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It’s a small world. When I first started writing here in Florida, covering sports for the Navarre Press – a role that has since stretched into the Press Gazette – Joe Surratt helped coach track with his wife, Mimi, at Navarre.

I never imagined he’d one day become the head coach of a start-up high school program, especially at Central, which, for the record, I had no idea even existed when I arrived in the area.

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The debate whether to widen Caroline Street through Milton is over, or it should be.

It should have ended in 2019, when the Florida Department of Transportation announced its preferred route to improve U.S. Highway 90 traffic flow through the city after a five-year project development and environment (PD&E) study.

Every January, people make new year’s resolutions. For some, it’s exercising more. For others, it’s focusing on their mental health.

And for members of local churches, like East Bay Church and Momentum Church, it’s about getting reacquainted in their relationship with Jesus Christ.

Cooper Littlefield scored 10 of his 12 points in the fourth quarter to help lead Pace past Crestview in a key District 1-6A game Thursday night in Crestview.

Littlefield buried two 3-pointers in the period to help finish off a second-half rally. Pace went into halftime down 23-18.

Up until a minute left in the third quarter, Pace’s boys basketball team was on the cusp of taking control of its game against Crestview.

The Patriots trailed by only three, and then with the final seconds winding down on the clock, the Bulldogs got a 3-pointer off that swayed the momentum in the other direction.

The City of Milton on Tuesday dedicated a historic marker commemorating J.B. Turner School, the first public school in Santa Rosa County for African American students.

Paige Phillips charged down the field with the ball at her feet, a defender in pursuit but unable to catch her as the Milton standout punched the ball into the back of the net for a game-tying goal less than a minute into the second half last Monday night at Sherman Robinson Stadium in Pensacola.

A beautiful day. A beautiful game. 

And at the end of it, the University of West Florida football team found itself on the doorstep of the NCAA Division II national championship game, the sixth-ranked Argos punching their ticket to the final four with a 45-7 win over Wingate Saturday afternoon at Pen Air Field.

The Santa Rosa County School Board is scheduled to discuss the new Wallace Lake K-8 School’s attendance zone at a workshop scheduled at 8 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, at 5086 Canal Street in Milton.