Pensacola Police arrested a man after a nearly four-hour standoff yesterday in northeast Pensacola. Shortly after 10 a.m. police were called to a residence on Durango Circle off of Langley for a disturbance. The female victim was able to leave the home on her own, but 33-year-old Charles McLemore refused to come out. The SWAT…… MORE
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CONGRESSMAN GAETZ CRITICIZED
The Pensacola News Journal is reporting that Congressman Matt Gaetz is being criticized for a tweet in which he appears to threaten President Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen, a day before Cohen will testify before Congress. In the Tweet Gaetz asked if Cohen’s wife & father-in-law knew about his girlfriends and wondered if she…… MORE
PENSACOLA BEACH AWARD
The travel site Trip Advisor, has named Pensacola Beach to its list of Top Five U.S. Beaches. Florida’s Clearwater Beach topped the list, Ka’anapali (“Kon-A-Polly”) Beach in Lahaina, Hawaii, came in second, Panama City Beach was third, Saint Petersburg Beach was fourth and Pensacola Beach fifth. The award was based on the quantity and quality…… MORE
NEW FORT WALTON BEACH POLICE CHIEF
The City of Fort Walton Beach has a new police chief. Robert Bage will step into the role starting March 11. Bage is a U.S. Navy veteran. He was one of 60 people to apply for the job. City officials spent the last five months reviewing resumes and assessments, conducting interviews, hosting a community meet…… MORE
GREAT WHITE SHARK CAUGHT IN NAVARRE
A group of fishermen caught a 10-foot long, 650-pound great white shark off the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier. The True Blue shark fishing team tagged and released the shark, and will send the information to the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, which monitors marine life. It isn’t unusual for great white sharks to enter the Gulf…… MORE
BAY COUNTY STATE OF EMERGENCY EXTENDED
For the 19th time, Panama City Commissioners have extended the state of emergency in Bay County, nearly five months after Hurricane Michael devastated the region. The declaration has been extended week by week since the storm and gives local law enforcement the ability to be more proactive with certain crimes such as contractors working without…… MORE
MS-13 GANG MEMBER ARRESTED
The U.S. Attorney’s office said an alleged member of the MS-13 gang was arrested in Pensacola last week. 31-year-old David Ernesto Nolasco Soriano, of El Salvador, is wanted in Maryland for murder, attempted murder and extortion. He was arrested near Cordova Mall by the FBI and the Pensacola Police Department. Soriano was part of an…… MORE
CONTAMINATED DRINKING WATER
The Navy has found chemicals from the foam used in fire-fighting training in private residences water wells in Saufley Field area. Officials say preliminary lab results from sampling at private residences in the areas surrounding the western side of Saufley Field indicate the presence of per-flora-nated chemicals. The Navy is providing bottled drinking water to…… MORE
MURDER SUSPECT ARRESTED
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office says a new suspect has been arrested for a home invasion robbery that left a Pensacola man pistol-whipped and beaten to death. On February 14th, deputies were called to an apartment in the 2100 block of Spink Lane and found Willie Wilson bleeding profusely from a head wound. Wilson told…… MORE
WOMAN ARRESTED FOR ATTACKING DEPUTY
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office says a woman was arrested for attacking a deputy after she refused to leave a convenience store. It happened on Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard in Fort Walton Beach after the store clerk said she had been trying to get 33-year-old Tayanna Smith and another woman to leave the store.…… MORE
