Share Your Heart: Volunteer chaplains offer emotional, spiritual and physical aid
September 25, 2023
“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 […]
‘The Marshal’ is rounding up family friendly fun with Coastal Wrestling Federation
August 31, 2023
Ben Rowe knows the fans know pro wrestling isn’t “real.” It’s his job to make sure they don’t care.
‘Who Let the Dogs Walk?’ scheduled at Bagdad Mill Site Park
August 31, 2023
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.
Meet Elijah Nall, the student behind the camera at Pace
August 29, 2023
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.
Milton senior activity draws musicians, onlookers
August 29, 2023
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’.
Coming Clean 5K: Going the distance to fight addiction
August 23, 2023
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.
Postcards of our past
August 21, 2023
Northwest Florida has had its share of notable historical moments and places, which have quite often been captured by postcards.
Backpacks for Hope help students prepare for school, learn about IBC’s mission
August 15, 2023
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.
Project Chess Club growing global game in Milton area
August 14, 2023
Robert Foil was fly-fishing in Mongolia when he realized only two games enjoy global popularity – soccer and chess.
Former detective who interrogated Ted Bundy speaks at Imogene Theatre
August 11, 2023
“The first thing I noticed were his eyes, he had steel, clear blue eyes.”
Norm Chapman, a former Pensacola Police chief and detective, is probably best known for interrogating one of America’s most famous serial killers, Theodore Robert Bundy. Better known as Ted.