Community Archive

In its infancy, the city of Milton was no peaceful little town. This mill-based area boasted quite the rowdy past. Referred to as Hell Town, this place was the scene of its fair share of murders and brothels.

The odds of being murdered in the U.S. are roughly 1 in 6,100 according to data from the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, but the odds of surviving an attempted murder are far smaller.

In the 1990s the University of West Florida unearthed structures dating back to the very beginning of North Santa Rosa County industry, the Arcadia Mill.

Hotel Equities’ Revenue Manager Mike Lorea didn’t hesitate to jump into action when he was approached about helping out with the Weekend Food Program in South Santa Rosa County.

For some of Navarre’s wheelchair-riding trick-or-treaters, this year’s Halloween costume will be more elaborate thanks to the efforts and donations of a group of Okaloosa high schoolers.

Privacy fences are designed for exactly that, privacy, and Santa Rosa County says 6 feet is privacy enough. In fact, county ordinance limits all residential fences to 6 feet or lower with possible penalty of citation and required removal of the fence for even an inch higher.

Jean Berger sat at a chair on a sun-splashed Friday morning holding up a display of photos of butterflies. Children gathered around her, their eagerness to learn all about an insect so vital to the health of the environment very evident.

Would-be Sunday morning buyers of beer to-go will no longer have to wait for the clock to strike noon in the City of Gulf Breeze, starting Oct. 9.

The Santa Rosa County Library System celebrated their 10th birthday Monday, Oct. 10, at 10 a.m. at all of their locations.

For potter Jason Stokes, being coated in clay and tending flames of 2,400 degree heat is second nature.