The Escambia County Sheriff’s Department says a second suspect has been arrested for the shooting earlier this week in Century that left one person dead and two others wounded. 22-year-old Tacorius Stallworth, of Brewton, Alabama, was arrested Wednesday and charged with first-degree homicide in the death of Joseph Smith. His cousin, 26-year-old Jaran Myles, was…… MORE
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GULF ISLANDS TO REOPEN TODAY
Gulf Islands National Seashore will reopen to the public tomorrow at 8am after being closed for almost three months because of damage from Hurricane Sally. The storm caused about 4.5 million dollars in damage to the Florida portions of Gulf Islands. Most of that was damage to the roadway and the destruction of ferry pier…… MORE
ONE INJURED IN MOBILE HOME FIRE
A resident was injured while rescuing their cat from a mobile home fire yesterday morning in Escambia County. The fire occurred in the 600 block of East 10 Mile Road and the resident was taken by Escambia County EMS to an area hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. The cat did not suffer any…… MORE
ESCAMBIA SCHOOLS EXTEND CHOICE DEADLINE
The Escambia County School District has extended the school choice enrollment window for the next school year. Chris McFarland, the District’s coordinator of Student Assignment, Home Education and Student Records, says applications will be accepted through December 11th. The application period is for middle and high schools only. The elementary application window will open January…… MORE
PENSACOLA WOMAN SHOT BY FATHER
Pensacola Police say a woman was shot yesterday afternoon by her father after he pulled a gun on her boyfriend. Police say it happened just before 2 p.m. in the 3500-block of Newton Drive in Pensacola. The woman was shot in the hand as she struggled to take the gun away from her dad. The…… MORE
SURVIVOR OF CRESTVIEW TRAFFIC CRASH DIES
The 8-year-old boy who was critically injured in last Friday’s fatal crash near Crestview that killed 5 adults, has died. The Florida Highway Patrol said two-vehicle crash happened on State Road 85 early Friday morning, when one car crossed the median and collided with another vehicle. The others killed in the crash included 2 women…… MORE
FLORIDA VACCINE PRIORTIES
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says residents in nursing homes and assisted-living facilities will be the first to get a coronavirus vaccine when it becomes available because they are most vulnerable to the virus. Health care workers who are in high-risk and high-contact environments will be next, then those 65 and over as well as those…… MORE
COVIDE-19 UPDATE
The Florida Department of Health says the state added 9,94 new COVID-9 cases yesterday, bringing the state’s total to 1,018,160. There were also 96 new deaths bringing the state’s death toll to 19,102 Escambia County had 135 new cases and one new death Santa Rosa County had 110 new cases and one new death Okaloosa…… MORE
PENSACOLA MURDER ARREST
Pensacola Police say a 20-year-old man has been arrested for shooting and killing his grandmother’s boyfriend. Da’Nautica Pearson lived with his grandmother and 60-year-old Erskine Ware, her boyfriend of five years, at a home in the 1300 block of East Baars Street, which is where the shooting occurred early Yesterday morning. Ware was shot multiple…… MORE
CENTURY SHOOTING ARREST
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Department says a suspect in that triple shooting in Century has been arrested. Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the shooting around 11:30 Monday night in the 8200 block of Alger Road. Joseph Smith, was found shot to death outside a shed near the mobile home. Two other adult males, Xavier Walker and…… MORE
