Florida lawmakers want to eliminate the Constitution Revision Commission, which meets every 20 years to suggest changes to the state constitution. The House Civil Justice Subcommittee voted 13-1 on Wednesday to ask voters to repeal the Commission because it has become a political body proposing major policy changes rather than a body that revises outdated…… MORE
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FATAL HIT AND RUN ARREST
The Florida Highway Patrol says a 42-year-old man has been arrested following a deadly hit-and-run crash in Escambia County early Wednesday morning. Troopers say just before 2 a.m., a pickup truck driven by James Champitto, was westbound on Nine Mile Road, approaching the intersection of Plainfield Avenue, and struck and killed a pedestrian crossing the…… MORE
PARKLAND SHOOTING ANNIVERSARY
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a proclamation ordering all Florida flags lowered to half-staff from sunrise until sunset today to mark the one-year anniversary of the mass murder at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The proclamation applies to state flags at all local and state buildings, installations, and grounds throughout the…… MORE
OKALOOSA COUNTY AMBULANCE CRASH
An Okaloosa County ambulance crew on their way to an emergency call ended up being transported to a local hospital themselves after their ambulance was hit by a truck. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said the ambulance was northbound on Highway 85 on yesterday when their ambulance was hit by a concrete mixing truck, pulled…… MORE
GRAYTON BEACH RESTAURANT BURNS
A well-known beachside restaurant and bar in Grayton Beach in South Walton County has been destroyed by fire. The South Walton Fire District said firefighters responded to the Red Bar around 6 a.m. Wednesday and found it heavily involved. The building was gutted and the State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of the…… MORE
POSSIBLE TATE HIGH SCHOOL DRUG OVERDOSE
WEAR TV 3 is reporting that Escambia County School District Superintendent Malcolm Thomas said two Tate High School students were sent to the hospital for a possible drug overdose last week. Escambia County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the high school for a possible drug overdose after two students smoked an unknown substance in a…… MORE
3 INJURED IN TRAFFIC CRASH
A woman and two children were critically injured in a collision with a semi-truck yesterday afternoon on West 10 Mile Road at Stefani Road. The Florida Highway Patrol said 38-year old Kelsey Burdeaux of Lillian, Alabama, drove into the path of a semi driven by 36-year old Fredrick Powell of Mobile, Alabama. Bourdeax and two…… MORE
S.R. COUNTY DEATH INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-UP
Florida Highway Patrol has identified the man who was found dead at a rest area off Interstate 10 in Santa Rosa County over the weekend. Allen Patin Jr., of New Roads, Louisiana, was found dead inside a semi-tractor trailer at the rest area shortly after 10:30 a.m. Saturday. An autopsy found that Patin died of…… MORE
FLORIDA FLU CASES
The Florida Department of Health said that while flu activity is increasing statewide there are relatively few cases reported in Northwest Florida. A recent report shows flu activity in Escambia County, Santa Rosa, and Walton Counties was mild, while Okaloosa County showed no flu cases. However, cases are increasing in almost two-thirds of Florida counties.…… MORE
CHARTER SCHOOL STUDENT ARRESTED
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office says a 13-year-old student at the Okaloosa Academy Charter School near Fort Walton Beach was arrested Tuesday after allegedly telling the School Resource Office he would shoot him. The student was wandering around campus and refused to comply with orders from school officials and told the deputy he would shoot…… MORE
