MILTON — Jay runner Matthew Dobson will coordinate a fundraiser for the preservation and restoration of the Coon Hill cemetery south of Jay.
Coon Hill Day 5K is scheduled for 8 a.m. April 8 at Coon…
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Security forces boat named in honor of Pensacola airman
EGLIN AFB — When the late Senior Airman Nathan Sartain was a toddler, he had two favorite things: airplanes and boats. “He called them both ‘bops,’ ” Sartain’s mother, Janice, said.
Sartain, a Pens…
County drops downtown Milton as courthouse option
MILTON — Downtown Milton is no longer an option for the county courthouse’s next location.
The Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners voted 4-1 Thursday to exclude the area as a site for a…
County legalizes Sunday alcohol sales
MILTON — This Sunday, the Tin Cow in Pace will hold “Prohibition is Over in Pace and Milton,” an event that owner Joe Abston said he would host if the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners …
Gaetz eyes repealing Obamacare, new courthouse
MILTON — Rep. Matt Gaetz focused on education, the county courthouse, repealing the Affordable Care Act and tax reform when he visited the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners’ Thursday me…
No explosives found at Santa Rosa courthouse
MILTON — Law enforcement officials purportedly found no suspicious objects at the Santa Rosa County Courthouse, which received a bomb threat Thursday morning.
Someone called in the threat around 9:…
Fish and Wildlife: Closed-area, dog hunting reported
MILTON — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission filed these cases between Feb. 10 and 16 in Santa Rosa County:
HUNTING IN CLOSED AREA
Officer Ramos was on patrol in the Robert’s Po…
Sports Shorts: Stonebrook hole in one, dogfight results
Brueggemeier hits hole in one PACE — Dennis Brueggemeier is the latest player to achieve a hole in one at Stonebrook Golf Club.
A hole in one occurs when a golfer hits the ball from the tee direc…
East Milton fourth-grader wins bike
MILTON — East Milton Elementary fourth-grader Mason Thompson won a bicycle with a helmet for perfect attendance the second nine weeks.
The school awards one student with perfect attendance a bike a…
Snook season reopens in Gulf waters
The recreational harvest season for one of Florida’s premier fish, snook, reopens March 1 in Florida’s Gulf of Mexico state and adjacent federal waters.
It is illegal to buy or sell snook, but angl…