For the past decade, My Father’s Arrows has served as a place of refuge and restoration for children, many of whom have spent most of their lives in the foster care system. On April 13, the nonprofit ministry, which is currently based out of Jay, held a celebration of the past, present and future of My Father’s Arrows.

“An answered prayer.” That’s how Austyn Evans describes knowing her two-year-old son, Conrad, now has a kidney after an agonizing search for a donor. Although the search took them from Northwest Florida to Texas and then to Georgia, the donor turned out to be closer to home (in fact, the donor lives in their home).

Parents and volunteers play a pivotal role at schools. They help alleviate the needs of teachers by chaperoning, buying classroom supplies, and assisting faculty with a litany of miscellaneous tasks such as painting, arranging bulletin boards and setting up events.

For the past decade, My Father’s Arrows has served as a place of refuge and restoration for children, many of whom have spent most of their lives in the foster care industry. On April 13, the nonprofit ministry, which is currently based out of Jay, will hold a celebration of the past, present and future of My Father’s Arrows.

Teachers, students and administrators from schools across Escambia and Santa Rosa counties gathered in Pensacola to hand out awards for Career and Technical Education programs within each school district.

Pastors often feel called to minister but not too many have been called to fix someone’s electricity.

Jonathan McCullough, pastor of Brownsdale Baptist Church near Jay, can say he has done both. McCullough has worked in ministry and as an electrical contractor. Nowadays, when he isn’t shepherding the flock at church or in the community, he is hard at work, teaching students at Locklin Technical College.

The Jay Research Facility, which is part of the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences’ West Florida Research and Education Center (WFREC), will soon be able to house more UF graduate students on property.

Some secrets of the past are hidden away in ancient cathedrals or archives, others are hidden in plain sight.

On March 23, members of Milton Rotary Club ventured to what remains of Santa Rosa County’s Poor Farm, a cemetery overtaken by underbrush and decades of time.

A new initiative to forge the next generation of leaders in Santa Rosa County is now accepting applicants for its inaugural class.

A Jay man was arrested Wednesday evening, March 27, after he led law enforcement on a chase which ended on Highway 87 N. The incident stemmed from a search warrant being served on the man’s property in connection with a case out of Escambia County. Travis Paul Sterback, 27, is charged with trafficking in synthetic cannabinoids, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, fleeing and eluding at high speed and firing a weapon in public.