North Santa Rosa
Archive for: March, 2014

Lady Royals get Another W

After suffering a loss last week against Chipley, the Lady Royals rallied and came out with a big 15-8 district win over them last night.  Three Lady Royals hit home runs during the game Taylor Moore, Michaela Stewart, and Samantha Steadham .   Jay will face Northview today at home in a game that was cancelled earlier in the season.

Smoke Advisory

  Santa Rosa County, Florida There is currently a 2000 acre prescribed burn in the area of Garson Point Bridge near Interstate 10 at mile marker 22 and the Milton, Florida area. Motorist may encounter smoke throughout the night in the area of US.98, Interstate 10 (SR.8), SR281 and surrounding county roadways in the area […]

South End Amnesty Day March 29

Amnesty Day, which offers south Santa Rosa County residents the opportunity to dispose of household hazardous waste at no charge without having to drive to the Central Landfill in Milton, is scheduled for Saturday, March 29 from 8 a.m. to noon at the Santa Rosa County South Side Service Center located at 5819 Gulf Breeze […]

National Child Abuse Prevention Month

Milton, FL – April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month.  The Santa Rosa Kids’ House is presenting a special awareness campaign for all of Santa Rosa County. The organization is asking businesses, schools, churches and residents to help spread the awareness of the horrible injustice of abuse and neglect of our most innocent, the children.  […]

Wayne Enfinger

Wayne Enfinger age 63 of Jay, Florida passed away on March 22, 2014. Wayne resided in Jay most of his life. He was very passionate about his occupation as a house painter, painting many homes and businesses in Jay and the surrounding areas. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, and camping until his health declined, not allowing […]

Scholarship Informaton from the Guidance Desk….

Seniors: I highlighted those scholarships with upcoming deadlines in MARCH /APRIL are RED, do those first.  Many are now hardcopies found in file cabinet outside guidance office.       COMPLETE FAFSA apply online at:   http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/fafsa.jsp       This can be done after January 1, 2014 and you must have 2013 income tax return information.  You will also need to […]

Charges in Death of Toddler

Pensacola, Fla. – Sheldon Cleavon Salter, 28, of Pensacola has been charged with 1 count of culpable negligence in the death of his 2 year old son on March 1, 2014. Salter left a loaded firearm within the reach of the child, making it capable of inflicting the injury that subsequently resulted in his death. […]

Living With Purpose

     I hope you enjoy the guest columnist this week. This is an excerpt from my daughter, Anna Marie Dobson’s blog spot. She is a high school senior and plans to attend Columbus State University after she graduates. You can access her blogs at: notabasicgirl.blogspot.com. She begins with a story from the New Testament:     […]

Law enforcement officers around the world go above and beyond the call of duty in support of Special Olympics

March 21st, 2014 (Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties, Florida) – Crowds of local and state law enforcement officers will carry the Flame of Hope™ on the Escambia/Santa Rosa Counties leg of the Special Olympics Florida Law Enforcement Torch Run on Monday morning, March 24, 2014. Multiple law enforcement agencies will join this year’s run and […]

Grand Jury indict Banks for Murder

State Attorney Bill Eddins announced today that an Escambia County Grand Jury indicted Antoine Banks for First Degree Premeditated Murder with a Weapon in the death of his wife, Alexis Banks. Banks shot his wife in the head in their home. Several days after the shooting, Banks was arrested in Biloxi, Mississippi. He will be […]