Walton County commissioners have not taken any action on a request from a local businessman to have a Confederate flag and monument to removed from the courthouse in Defuniak Springs. Peter Horn III, a Walton County native and homebuilder, made the request at Tuesday’s commission meeting. Last June, Commissioners voted to keep the flag flying…… MORE
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FRED LEVIN DIES
Pensacola Attorney Fred Levin has died from COVID-19 at the age of 83. Levin, a Pensacola native, was known as one of the nation’s top trial attorneys throughout his career, which began in 1961 when he joined the Levin and Askew law firm founded by his brother David and Reubin Askew. Levin’s most famous victory…… MORE
MOBILE HIGHWAY FATAL TRAFFIC CRASH
The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal accident that happened in west Escambia County yesterday afternoon. Troopers say the two-vehicle crash occurred just before 3 p.m. near Michigan Avenue and Mobile Highway. Few other details have been released.… MORE
FLOOD BUY-OUT
At a town hall meeting Monday night, District 5 Escambia County Commissioner Steven Barry told more than 100 residents of the Bristol Park and Ashbury Hills neighborhoods that the county will be applying for a Federal Emergency Management Agency hazard mitigation grant that would give the county federal funds to buy flood-prone properties from homeowners…… MORE
GARCON POINT BRIDGE TOLLS SUSPENDED AGAIN
The Florida Department of Transportation says the toll suspension on the Garcon Point Bridge has been extended to February 11th. The Bridge has served as the main artery between Escambia County and southwestern Santa Rosa County since the Pensacola Bay Bridge was damaged by construction barges that broke loose during Hurricane Sally last September. The…… MORE
PUBLIX TO OFFER VACCINES
23 Publix locations in Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Bay counties will begin administering COVID vaccine shots to the elderly starting tomorrow. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis made the announcement in a press conference Tuesday morning outside a Publix supermarket in Niceville. The shots will be available to Florida residents age 65 and older and each…… MORE
TOM THUMB STORES CLOSE BECAUSE OF COVID-19
The Tom Thumb Company said Monday that they closed their store at Highway 29 and West Roberts Road and on Saufley Field Road after employees tested positive for COVID-19. The store on Highway 29 was closed at 4 p.m. Friday to be cleaned and sanitized by an industrial cleaning crew. The store has since reopened.…… MORE
COVID-19 UPDATE
The Florida Department of Health says the State added 11,576 new COVID cases yesterday, bringing the state’s total to 1,488,586 cases. 163 new deaths were also added for a new total of 23,424. Escambia County had 177 new cases and 1 new death Santa Rosa County had 71 new cases Okaloosa County had 80 new…… MORE
GULF POWER RATE PROPOSAL
Gulf Power and Florida Power and Light are planning to ask state regulators for a new four-year rate plan that will bring the two companies under the same rate structure. Gulf Power said the plan will result in lower bills for its Northwest Florida customers at the end of the four-year plan while other Florida…… MORE
COVID-19 VACCINATIONS
Ascension Medical Group Sacred Heart plans to hold another COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Thursday at Olive Baptist Church in Pensacola from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. About 800 people aged 65 and older are expected to be vaccinated. Appointments are required and walk-ups will not be accepted. Ascension Medical Group has vaccinated about 5,000 seniors…… MORE
