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
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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
PENSACOLA MASK ORDINANCE
The Pensacola City Council unanimously approved leaving the city’s mask mandate in place through the end of February, 2021. The current mandate, approved by the council in late June, requires face coverings by employees and patrons in Pensacola businesses, but the ordinance applies only within the city limits of Pensacola. However, an executive order issued…… MORE
GARCON POINT BRIDGE TOLL SUSPENSION
The Florida Department of Transportation says the five-dollar toll on the Garcon Point Bridge has been suspended again to January 12th, 2021. The Pensacola Bay Bridge is expected to be closed for repair at least until March 2021. Florida Senator Doug Broxson says legal constraints only allow Governor Ron DeSantis to extend the suspension in…… MORE
ADDITIONAL CHARGES AGAINST POLICE LIEUTENANT
The Flomaton Alabama Police Department lieutenant arrested for trafficking methamphetamine in Florida is now facing an additional felony charge in Alabama. On Monday, December 7th, the Escambia County Florida Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit, SWAT team and Patrol Division arrested 36-year-old Isaac Lopez on charges of trafficking methamphetamine after arranging a narcotics deal for methamphetamine. The…… MORE
17 NARCOTICS ARRESTS
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Department says 17 people were arrested on various narcotics charges after a search warrant was served at an Escambia County home in the 4500 block of Florelle Way off Massachusetts Avenue. oxycodone, ecstasy pills, heroin, cocaine, and marijuana were seized including 10 firearms, four of which were stolen. $21,000 in cash…… MORE
