On a 4-1 vote Escambia County Commissioners have agreed to contribute another 5 million dollars to the expansion of ST Engineering at the Pensacola International Airport. Commissioner Doug Underhill was the lone dissenting vote. The county’s total contribution to the project is now 15 million dollars, mostly from local option sales tax funds. The Pensacola…… MORE
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ASHTON HAYWARD DECLINES APPOINTMENT
The Pensacola News Journal is reporting that former Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward has declined his appointment to the Triumph Gulf Coast board of directors. Chairman Don Gaetz said the board was notified by the governor’s office. Triumph Gulf Coast is a nonprofit board created by the Legislature to distribute 1.5 billion dollars from a settlement…… MORE
ATMORE TRAIN VICTIM ID’d
Atmore Alabama Police have identified the pedestrian struck and killed by a train Wednesday afternoon in Atmore. 40-year-old Eric Smith, was hit about 1 p.m. by a westbound CSX train at the Martin Luther King Avenue railroad crossing, parallel to Highway 31 and was pronounced dead at the scene. Witnesses said Smith was walking or…… MORE
ARMED TEACHERS
The Florida Senate Education Committee will take up a school-safety bill that would allow trained classroom teachers to carry guns as school guardians. Current law allows school personnel whose primary job duties are outside the classroom to be armed. A commission created by the law recommended allowing teachers to be armed if they are trained…… MORE
WALTON COUNTY FOUND BODY
The Walton County Sheriff’s Office says a body was found at Morrison Springs yesterday afternoon. The Walton County Sheriff’s Dive Team located the body – identified as 51-year-old John Thomas of DeFuniak Springs – in the water. Authorities say a missing person report was filed Wednesday by Thomas’s wife after he did not return home.…… MORE
HURRICANE MICHAEL INSURANCE CLAIMS
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation says estimated insured losses from Hurricane Michael have topped 5.5 billion dollars. 143,600 claims had been filed, and Bay County had the most reported claims, with 86,533. It was followed by Jackson County, with 13,821; Leon County, with 9,746; and Gulf County with 8,106. Hurricane Michael made landfall on…… MORE
ST ENGINEERING FUNDING
The Pensacola City Council has approved 5 million dollars in additional funding for the expansion of ST Engineering’s aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul facility at the Pensacola International Airport. The vote was 4-3. Mayor Grover Robinson was seeking the money to make the case to Triumph Gulf Coast for an additional 12.5 million dollar grant…… MORE
WASHINGTON HIGH TEACHER ARRESTED AGAIN
A Washington High School teacher, accused of having sex with a student, has been arrested for a third time. All three arrests stem from allegations that 30-year-old Mark Lua had inappropriate contact or communications with minors. In his most recent arrest, Lua was charged with using a computer to solicit a child and using a…… MORE
GULF POWER NATURAL GAS CONVERSION
North Escambia Dot Com is reporting that Gulf Power is analyzing the feasibility of installing a proposed natural gas pipeline though North Escambia County to convert Plant Crist from coal to natural gas. The power company says the conversion to natural gas would reduce carbon emissions and help lower costs to customers because of lower…… MORE
SANTA ROSA MURDER ARREST
The Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Department says they have arrested a 51-year-old man for the murder of his mother-in-law. Robert Lucas was apprehended around 3:30 yesterday afternoon after a pursuit that ended on Bay Street in Gulf Breeze. He was wanted in the death of 57-year-old Carrie Brewer, who was reported missing Tuesday. Santa Rosa County…… MORE
