Two Escambia County deputies shot and killed a dog that attacked them yesterday. The deputies were attempting to make an arrest at a home in the 2100 block of Deerwood Road after being dispatched on a disturbance call when 34-year-old Cairo Jones, and a 15-year-old girl who lives there, released the dog, which attacked the…… MORE
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ESCAPED ALABAMA INMATE CAPTURED
The escaped Alabama work release inmate who stole an Escambia County Alabama Sheriff’s Department pickup and drove it into Jay on Tuesday, was arrested in Alabama yesterday morning. 28-year-old Herbert Adams was taken into custody in Pollard, Alabama, about 15 miles north of Jay, Florida. After escaping from an inmate work site north of Flomaton,…… MORE
DEPUTY SHOOTING JUSTIFIED
The State Attorney’s Office says an Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputy was justified in using deadly force earlier this year in Walnut Hill. It happened on January 25th when deputies were dispatched to a home at 10740 Highway 97 in response to threats made Robert Martin against his wife. Arriving deputies entered the home and…… MORE
SANTA ROSA COUNTY PEDESTRIAN FATALITY
The Florida Highway Patrol says a 49-year-old Navarre pedestrian was struck and killed yesterday morning on State Road 87 in Santa Rosa County. Troopers said 17-year-old Christian Clemons was northbound around 8:30 a.m. when his pickup struck the pedestrian who was pronounced dead at the scene. The identity of the pedestrian has not yet been…… MORE
AIR FORCE OFFICE CHARGED WITH RAPE
An Air Force Reserve Lieutenant Colonel with the 919th Special Operations Group, headquartered at Duke Field near Crestview, has been charged with sexually assaulting a female senior airman. Michael Black, a C-145-A Sky Truck pilot, is accusing of raping the female senior airman on two occasions in May of 2017 while deployed to Uganda two…… MORE
AND ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE
The U.S. Geologic Survey says a third earthquake in the past week occurred last night night in the town of Flomaton, Alabama. It was a magnitude 2.3 earthquake and was centered near Highway 31 and Hillview Drive about 8:26 p.m. Residents reported feeling the ground shake, but no damage was reported. A magnitude 3.1 earthquake…… MORE
BAYOU CHICO GRANT
For many years Bayou Chico has been one of the most polluted bodies of water in Escambia County, but the County is closer to securing a large grant to help with efforts to clean up the bayou. County Commissioner Doug Underhill said the Florida Department of Environmental Protection will provide a $660,000 grant to help…… MORE
BEAR FAMILY DONATION
The Bear Family Foundation has made a 1.75 million-dollar donation to The Studer Family Children’s Hospital at Sacred Heart. The donation is the single largest gift in the Bear Family Foundation’s 17-year history and Sacred Heart said its oncology unit will be named the Bear Family Foundation Pediatric Oncology Center for Hope. The new children’s…… MORE
PROPOSED CITY ORDINANCE
Pensacola City Councilwoman Ann Hill is sponsoring an ordinance that would add a notification requirement before any buildings are demolished in the city and would require anyone seeking a demolition permit to notify all property owners within a 300-foot radius of the building to be demolished. It would also add a review process for buildings…… MORE
FLORIDA FRACKING BAN
A move to ban fracking in Florida is advancing in the Florida Senate. Fracking or hydraulic fracturing, involves injecting large volumes of high-pressure fluids into rock formations to help release natural gas and oil. Senator Doug Broxson, who voted for the proposal, still expressed concerns that the ban could negatively impact the oil industry. Environmentalists…… MORE
