The voters of Santa Rosa County spoke loudly on Election Day, choosing to elect two new county commissioners. Rhett Rowell defeated incumbent James Calkins and challenger Jerry Couey to win the district 3 seat on the Santa Rosa County Board of Commissioners. Bobby Burkett defeated incumbent Sam Parker and other challengers in the District 1 […]
UPDATE: The evacuation order has been lifted. —————————— Residents of Mary Kitchens Road and southeast of Mary Kitchens Road in the Garçon Point area should evacuate now due to a brush fire. Residents on any of the following roads should evacuate now: Mary Kitchens Road Marcy Lane Grove Street Allegro Street Garcon Point Road from Mary […]
A miscalculation has created the latest bump in the road during the city of Milton’s ongoing wastewater treatment saga. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Northwest District Office, informed the city of Milton in an Aug. 8 letter that it had miscalculated the poly- and per-fluoroalkyl substances for the Naval Air Station Whiting Field lift […]
A Jay man was involved in a fatal bicycle crash Wednesday morning in Chemstrand Road, near the intersection of Breezy Acres Road, in Escambia County. A 34-year-old bicyclist from Pensacola was killed when he was struck by a 24-year-old from Jay, driving a two-door coupe, according to a report from Florida Highway Patrol. The accident […]
The city of Milton voted unanimously to approve Ed Spears’ contract as city manager during the city’s Aug. 13 meeting. Spears noted during the work session that no one had been assigned to negotiate the contract with him, so he created the contract based on previous agreements with prior city managers and brought it to […]
Qualifying for Milton’s upcoming city council election has wrapped up, with four incumbent facing challengers. Ward 1, Seat 2: Tom Powers, Matt Jarrett (incumbent) Ward 2, Seat 2: Roxanne Meiss (incumbent), Larry McKee Ward 3, Seat 2: Jeff Snow (incumbent), Robert Leek Ward 4, Seat 1: Shari Sebastiao (incumbent), Ashley Fretwell Ward 4, Seat 2: […]
In most communities, National Night Out is a chance for locals – especially children – to meet law enforcement officers, see how their vehicles light up and make noise, and much more.
On July 19, the city of Milton received word from the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation that the city’s wastewater treatment plant was not “legally” sufficient with the National Environmental Policy Act.
EA Sports College Football 25, among the most highly anticipated sports video games of all time, has flooded the market as gamers who waited more than a decade for the franchise’s next installment rush to play.
A Milton man accused of holding a woman against her will and threatening a mass shooting died in an exchange of gunfire with law enforcement at Yellowstone National Park on the Fourth of July. The park posted on its social media pages that Samson Lucas Bariah Fussner, 28, of Milton, Florida was identified as the […]
