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 […]

After 50 years, the Berrydale Volunteer Fire Department in Jay is planning for a new building.

The current building utilized by the fire department was built by the original volunteer firefighters, but renovations have gotten expensive, and plans are in place to demolish the current structure and build a new one.

Floridians will vote in November on whether or not recreational marijuana should be legalized in the state. Amendment 3 would allow anyone 21 and older to possess up to 3 ounces of marijuana and 5 grams of concentrate marijuana. Currently, a medical marijuana prescription is needed to smoke marijuana in Florida. As of June 14, […]