The Escambia County School District is concerned that students enrolled in online learning are failing to make adequate progress. They are informing parents that the students should return to traditional on-campus school. Of the 9,475 students enrolled in remote learning in Escambia County, 80% are not making adequate academic progress. Data from the Escambia County…… MORE
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MILTON PASTOR ARRESTED ON CHILD PORN CHARGES
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement says a 62-year-old Milton pastor has been arrested for possession of child pornography. William Milam, of Milton – the pastor at the Olivet Baptist Church – was charged with two counts of promoting sexual performance of a child and 25 counts of possession of child pornography. The FDLE said…… MORE
TERM LIMITS BILL FOR ECUA
District 1 State Representative Michelle Salzman is drafting a bill that would impose term limits on the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority board and create a new oversight commission that would examine ECUA’s budget. Salzman said she believes a change is needed following the 2018 grand jury report that said the ECUA board was “grossly negligent”…… MORE
OLD CHEMSTRAND ROAD BROKEN WATER MAIN
A portion of Old Chemstrand Road near just off of Highway 29, was closed near Gonzalez Baptist Church due to a water main break Monday afternoon and the closure could last for at least two days. Motorist are being detoured on Pauline Street, 2nd Avenue and Bradley Boulevard.… MORE
CANTONMENT COVID-19 TESTING
Community Health of Northwest Florida has new hours for COVID-19 tessting in Cantonment and Brownsville. Those hours are now 9 a.m. until 1 p.m at Cantonment Pediatrics and 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Brownsville Community Center. Both locations offer drive-thru testing for individuals without symptoms and no pre-screening is required.… MORE
NEW ROUNDABOUT COMPLETED
A new roundabout at Langley Avenue and Hilltop Drive in East Pensacola has been officially opened. The $633,000 roundabout is expected to ease traffic congestion from the three new soccer fields at the Hitzman-Optimist Park. The Florida Department of Transportation is currently building another roundabout to handle traffic at the intersection of 17th Avenue, Bayfront…… MORE
FLORIDA GAS PRICES
After a two-month high, gasoline prices in Florida dropped by 2 cents last week. The average price of gas in the Sunshine State last week was $2.14. Pensacola’s gas prices were just below the state’s average at $2.13 per gallon on Sunday. That’s up by 3 cents from a month ago, but down by 27…… MORE
COVIDE-19 UPDATE
The Florida Department of Health says the state added 10,577 new COVID-9 cases over the weekend, bringing the state’s total to 1116,973. There were also 72 new deaths bringing the state’s death toll to 20,049 Escambia County had 332 new cases and one new death Santa Rosa County had 142 new cases and no new…… MORE
SANTA ROSA COUNTY COVID-19 RATE
Santa Rosa County’s COVID-19 positivity rates are among the highest in the state of Florida. Sandra Park-O’Hara, the administrator for the Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County, said the County’s average positivity rate is currently at 18.92%. On November 30th, the positivity rate for Santa Rosa County was 27.27%, one of the highest…… MORE
PENSACOLA DOUBLE-SHOOTING
Pensacola Police say two people were injured in a shooting in downtown Pensacola early yesterday morning. Officers responded to a “shots fired” call about 2:45 a.m. in the area of Jefferson and Intendencia streets and found two victims with non-life-threatening injuries, who were transported to local hospitals. The investigation is on-going and anyone with information…… MORE
