Pensacola Police have identified the 19-year-old man who was fatally shot Friday morning while in the parking lot of the Platinum Club on North Palafox Street. Keavian Sanders was shot around 1 a.m. Another man was also shot and is hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. The investigation is on-going.… MORE
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ESCAMBIA COUNTY FATAL TRAFFIC CRASH
The Florida Highway Patrol says one person is dead after a fatal single-vehicle traffic crash on Citrus Street in west Escambia County. Troopers say it happened around 12:30 a.m. Monday when a car northbound on Citrus Street ran off the road and hit a tree. The 27-year-old driver was transported to the hospital with injuries…… MORE
CRESTVIEW OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING FOLLOW-UP
Skeletal remains found near the interstate last week in South Florida are believed to be 18-year-old Jalajhia Finklea, the woman believed to have been with a wanted suspect who was shot and killed by law enforcement officers in Crestview. Local officers, working as part of the U.S. Marshal’s Service’s Regional Fugitive Task Force, were trying…… MORE
FLORIDA PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL REMAIN OPEN IN 2021
Governor Ron DeSantis has announced that Florida public schools will remain open in 2021 and families will continue to have the option to keep students at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, parents with students who are struggling academically in remote learning situations will be notified by their school districts that the students will be…… MORE
COVIDE-19 UPDATE
The Florida Department of Health says the state added 7,363 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, which brings the state’s total to 992,660. There were also 69 new deaths bringing the state’s death toll to 18,736. Escambia County had 97 new cases Santa Rosa County had 48 new cases Okaloosa County had 72 new cases Walton County…… MORE
PENSACOLA FATAL SHOOTING
Pensacola Police say a shooting at the Platinum Night Club in Pensacola early Friday morning left one man dead and another wounded. Police say the shootings occurred around 1 a.m. in the parking lot of the night club at 2369 North Palafox Street. The man who was killed was said to be in his 20s.…… MORE
PROPERTY TAX DISCOUNT
Escambia County Tax Collector Scott Lunsford reminds property owners that the 4 percent discount on the payment of real estate and discount is today. Payments must be mailed with a November postmark, left by midnight in a 24-hour drop box available at all locations; or made online by midnight tonight at EscambiaTaxCollector.com.… MORE
UPS TRUCK BURNS
Fire destroyed a UPS delivery truck, and the packages inside, Saturday morning on the Interstate-10 bridge over Escambia Bay. The fire reportedly started in the engine compartment of the delivery truck and spread. The driver escaped without injury. The fire closed two eastbound lanes. Anyone that may have a package on the truck can expect…… MORE
5 KILLED IN OKALOOSA COUNTY TRAFFIC CRASH
The Florida Highway Patrol says 5 adults were killed in a traffic crash Friday morning on State Road 85 in Crestview. An 8-year-old boy survived, but is said to have been critically injured. Trooper say it happened at 6:15 a.m. on State Road 85 north of State Road 123 when a southbound car on State…… MORE
KEEP THE WREATH GREEN FIRE SAFETY CAMPAIGN
Escambia County Fire Rescue an the Pensacola Fire Department, will launch the annual “Keep the Wreath Green” fire safety campaign tomorrow. During the month-long campaign, five-foot wreaths will be on display at 21 county fire stations, five city fire stations, outside Escambia County’s Ernie Lee Magaha Government Building downtown, the Escambia County Public Safety Building,…… MORE
