The Pensacola Police Department has been re-accredited by the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation, an award that symbolizes professionalism, excellence and competence. The process requires a review of every aspect of the agency’s organization, management, operations and administration and took the police department two years to complete. The accreditation standards provide norms against which…… MORE
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SEX OFFENDER TO BE SENTENCED
A 56-year-old Michigan man who flew to Okaloosa County in October 2018 thinking he would have sex with a 12-year-old girl, could be sentenced to life in prison. 56-year-old Ronald Roscoe of Traverse City, Michigan, is a registered sex offender and thought he was communicating with the underage girl, but it was actually an undercover…… MORE
HURRICANE MICHAEL INSURANCE LOSSES
Estimated insured losses for Hurricane Michael have passed 5.6 billion dollars but could be even higher because the number of closed insurance claims reported to the state might be inflated. Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier said his office was aware of the discrepancies with closed claims. Altmaier said the number of closed claims reported to…… MORE
CHEAPER PRESCRIPTION DRUGS TO FLORIDA
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis wants to cut health care costs by bringing cheaper prescription drugs from Canada to Florida. The Governor said he spoke this week with President Trump about the plan, and the Trump administration is supportive. The governor says not only would a drug importation program save Florida residents money, but it could…… MORE
FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARD TERM LIMITS
The Florida House of Representatives is moving forward with a proposal that could lead to term limits for school board members across the state. The House Oversight, Transparency & Public Management Subcommittee has approved a proposed constitutional amendment that would ask voters in 2020 whether they want to impose eight-year term limits on school board…… MORE
CONVENIENCE STORE FATAL SHOOTING
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the fatal shooting of a convenience store clerk that happened during an armed robbery last night. Deputies responded to report of a shooting at the Quick Fill store on Mobile Highway near Lockhart Street around 8:15, where they found the male clerk dead from gunshot wounds. The Sheriff’s…… MORE
ACCUSED HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER RESIGNS
The Washington High School teacher accused of sexually assaulting former students, has resigned. 30-year-old Mark Ryan Lua was an English teacher at Booker T. Washington High School in Pensacola, and has been arrested on three separate occasions on allegations of sexually assaulting or soliciting sexual actions from former students. He’s being held in the Escambia…… MORE
MURDER TRIAL UNDERWAY
Melissa Howard was beaten and stabbed to death in her home back in 2006. Now a man accused of her murder is on trial in Crestview, nearly 13 years after her death. David Holbrook Jr. was arrested in 2016, after investigators reviewed the evidence using techniques not available ten years earlier. Prosecutors say he was…… MORE
SANTA ROSA COUNTY SEX OFFENDER ARRESTED
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office says a registered sex offender has been arrested for sexually assaulting a girl starting in 1995 when she was just four or five years old. As the victim got older, there was an increase in frequency in the abuse, and that victim has now been diagnosed with Post Traumatic…… MORE
WHEELCHAIR RAMP PROGRAM
Escambia County has started a program to provide wheelchair ramps to needy residents. The program will provide funding for supplies and materials in partnership with not for profit agencies who install the ramps through the use of volunteers. Each agency will receive a grant to construct ramp for income eligible applicants. The agencies are: Council…… MORE
