FWC celebrates Blackwater Hatchery’s 80th anniversary
FWC celebrates Blackwater Hatchery’s 80th anniversary
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC)’s Blackwater Hatchery is celebrating 80 years of operation on Friday, Aug. 14. Since 1940, Blackwater has produced tens of millions of fingerling and subadult freshwater fish that have been stocked in Florida’s freshwater lakes and rivers. The hatchery is in Santa Rosa County, approximately five miles west … read more
Mandatory 10-Digit Dialing in 850 Area Code starts in 2021
Mandatory 10-Digit Dialing in 850 Area Code starts in 2021
Beginning February 20, 2021, all local calls made within the Florida 850 area code will have use 10-digits: the area code + the 7-digit telephone number. Last November, the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) approved an “area code overlay” that will add the new 448 area code to the region now served by the existing … read more
U.S. Marshals seek violent fugitive
U.S. Marshals seek violent fugitive
The U.S. Marshals Service is requesting public assistance in locating New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) fugitive, Roland Nelson Jr. (AKA: Michael Nelson, 35 years old, 5’08”, 180 lbs., dark complexion, eyebrow and other facial piercings, gold teeth) Nelson last reported that he was residing at an apartment in the 7200 block of Chef Menteur Highway … read more
Panhandle Butterfly House relocates to Milton
Panhandle Butterfly House relocates to Milton
The Panhandle Butterfly House has relocated to a nine-acre property at 4966 Henry St. in Milton. The property is home to the historic Jones House which has been restored to commercial standards by the previous owner, the Blackwater River Foundation. The larger building and property will allow many more visitors, schoolchildren and tourists to connect … read more
Ascension Sacred Heart expands eligibility for Coronavirus testing
Ascension Sacred Heart expands eligibility for Coronavirus testing
Ascension Sacred Heart is expanding eligibility for COVID-19 testing at its drive-thru sites in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties to include all persons who want a nasal swab test, regardless of whether they have symptoms. Previously, the mobile clinics operated by Ascension Medical Group Sacred Heart limited testing only to people who reported having symptoms … read more
Tropical wave has 60 percent chance of development
Tropical wave has 60 percent chance of development
Graphic via weathermodels.com The National Hurricane Center’s 8 am EDT update indicates a tropical wave and broad area of low pressure located about 600 miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands could form during the next day or two while the disturbance moves generally westward to west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph across the tropical … read more
Austin Wayne Bennett sought in connection with death of Tommy Lee Bolton
Austin Wayne Bennett sought in connection with death of Tommy Lee Bolton
Austin Wayne Bennett – WANTED The City of Milton Police Department announced August 5 that Austin Wayne Bennett is a person of interest in the death of Tommy Lee Bolton. Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Bennett should contact Detective Steve Mistovich, Major Crimes Division of the Milton Police Department at (850) 983-5423 or … read more
Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson tests positive for COVID-19
Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson tests positive for COVID-19
Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson on July 31 tested positive for COVID-19 after attending the Florida Sheriff’s Association Summer Conference, which took place July 26-28 in Bonita Springs. “During the conference, Sheriff Johnson followed CDC Guidelines of practicing social distancing and the utilization of PPE (mask). Just after the Sheriff’s return from the conference, … read more
Groundbreaking ceremony celebrates Leonardo Helicopters’ move to Milton
Groundbreaking ceremony celebrates Leonardo Helicopters’ move to Milton
Santa Rosa County announced in January that Leonard Helicopters would be coming to Whiting Aviation Park adjacent to NAS Whiting Field, and the county’s economic development office plans to host a groundbreaking ceremony tomorrow for a temporary hangar for the company at Peter Prince Airport in East Milton. “This hangar is just the first step … read more
Gulf Breeze Chamber announces move outside city limits
Gulf Breeze Chamber announces move outside city limits
The Gulf Breeze Chamber announced today that after 20 years at its present location it will be moving roughly 5.5 miles east on U.S. 98 to 3044 Gulf Breeze Parkway. The chamber’s current office located at 409 Gulf Breeze Parkway was sold. The new building is located adjacent to 98 Treasures retail store in the … read more
