Milton Realtor Pam White bought her first dog, Max, a golden retriever, in 1990, the same year veterinary Dr. Michael Mongue opened his practice in Pace. “He was my first veterinarian and the only veterinarian I’ve used,” White said Thursday, Sept. 28, at a reception celebrating Mongue’s retirement. After Max came Thunder, Tucker, Buddy and Maggie. Why did White remain so loyal? “He’s the only person I know that gets down on the floor and plays with every dog that comes in here,” she said. “We’re certainly going to miss him.”

Mention football and the chance to be around the Milton Panther freshman team throughout the week, including helping out on game day, and the face of Kohlton James lights up with a smile.
The sport means a ton to so many in this region, but it means a little more to Kohlton, whose journey has been drastically different than that of his peers.

“Sometimes the right thing to do is nothing at all,” the Rev. William Wright, pastor at Bible Way Baptist Church and, for about 18 months, the director for Share Your Heart’s Northwest Florida Circuit. “Sometimes people just need somebody to talk to; to vent.” According to its website, the Share Your Heart program “recruits, trains […]

Ben Rowe knows the fans know pro wrestling isn’t “real.” It’s his job to make sure they don’t care.

Who lets the dogs walk? The answer, at least between 4-7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, at Bagdad Mill Site Park, is the Friends of the Santa Rosa County Animal Shelter.

Elijah Nall got involved with the Pace High yearbook as a freshman. It just seemed like a logical move. His sister was on the staff there and he figured it would be a good way to get into something where he already knew someone.

If you walk into Milton’s Clyde L. Gracey Community Center on a Friday afternoon, you might hear guitars, fiddles and, maybe even a harmonica. These sounds aren’t coming from a radio or a jukebox but from a group of seniors, gathered to perform and listen to each other play for a weekly event known as Pickin’ and Grinnin’.

West Florida Baptist Church will sponsor the Third Annual Coming Clean 5K starting at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 26, in Riverwalk South on Willing Street in downtown Milton.

Northwest Florida has had its share of notable historical moments and places, which have quite often been captured by postcards.

Immanuel Baptist Church in Pace has offered its Backpacks for Hope ministry for years; nobody at the Aug. 5 event was quite sure how many. “Do you know?” missions leader Dixie Peterson asked security volunteer Paul Peaden. “A lot,” Peaden said. Peterson went to ask someone else.