During Tuesday’s Milton City Council meeting, Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 566 Commander Norman Chapman presented a plaque as an award to the council recognizing the city for its dedica…
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SRC Commissioner Bob Cole seeks re-election for District 2
Bob Cole said after being a county commissioner for 12 years, he’s most proud of the projects he’s started, planned and finished, including the Avalon Boulevard improvement project.
“Avalon was th…
First responders do their job to help society
Dear Editor,
The free market determines what people earn. Government is the only entity that determines its own pay. Santa Rosa County is under attack with a jobless market. First responders …
Jane Simmons and Lauren Kirn speak to Milton Rotary
Jane Simmons and Lauren Kirn from Vision of Hope are pictured getting their "Light up Milton" Rotary pen from stand-in Tracy Allen. The ladies spoke to the club about Vision of Hope and the great wo…
Dreams really do come true
“A dream is a wish your heart makes when you’re fast asleep. In dreams you will lose your heartaches.”-Cinderella
In the 1960’s, police officer Bill Sample was assigned duty at the community hospi…
Renfro gets 45 years in state prison
State Attorney Bill Eddins announced Wednesday, Circuit Judge John Simon sentenced Ramon Wade Renfro, 40, Pace to 15 years in state prison for lewd or lascivious battery, lewd or lascivious molesta…
Cross burning in Milton
At 11:15 Thursday night, Milton Police Department was dispatched to Applegate Road in reference to a cross burning in a resident’s front yard. Milton Fire Department was on scene awaiting word to ext…
Negative campaigns inject anger
Dear Editor,
Negative campaigns can inject anger and hatred into the community and poison public discourse, damages business relationships and hurts the economy. Milton belongs to all th…
Con artists strike Gulf Power customers again
Gulf Power customers in the tri-county area have reported new cases of credit card fraud. Gulf Power is asking its customers to beware of people impersonating utility company employees. The scenario …
Courthouse costs revealed
Santa Rosa County citizens now have the numbers on the new courthouse, or as close as the design firm HOK is comfortable publishing. HOK representative Duncan Broyd said at Monday’s commissioner meet…