The Florida Highway Patrol says a 30-year-old woman has died after rear-ending a stopped garbage truck Tuesday morning on Highway 29. Troopers say Monica Oglesby, crashed into the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority truck as it was stopped on Highway 29 near Archer Road to pick up a garbage can. She was airlifted to a Pensacola…… MORE
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CHILD NEGLECT ARREST
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Department says a 36-year-old Pensacola man has been arrested on child neglect charges after he was found asleep behind the wheel of his car with two small children in the backseat. Deputies said Brian Holtman’s car was parked at a gas pump at a Circle K and he was passed out…… MORE
AIRCRAFT CRASH LAWSUIT
An aircraft maintenance contractor was found not liable in the 2014 death of a civilian Department of Defense pilot who crashed in the Gulf during a flight out of Tyndall Air Force Base. 58-year-old Matthew LaCourse, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, was working as a civilian F-16 jet pilot with the 82nd Aerial Targets…… MORE
FATAL DOG ATTACK
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said a man found dead Wednesday morning on the side of a road in rural Jackson County was the victim of a dog attack. The body of 65-year-old Donald Ray Allen was found not far from the Alabama line. The Sheriff’s Office said Allen was believed to have been attacked…… MORE
COVIDE-19 UPDATE
The Florida Department of Health says the state added 7.925 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, which brings the state’s total to 905,248. There were also 88 new deaths bringing the state’s death toll to 17,949. Escambia County had 290 new cases and one new death Santa Rosa County had 67 new cases and one new death…… MORE
COVID-19 CASES IN SCHOOLS
New positive coronavirus cases for public school students have risen dramatically over the past week in Escambia County and Santa Rosa County. Escambia County schools had 20 cases in the first week of November and 41 the second week, bringing the total since the beginning of the school year to 151 cases. That number doesn’t…… MORE
GARCON POINT TRAFFIC PROBLEMS
With the forced closure of the new Pensacola Bay Bridge traffic has increased dramatically during the morning and afternoon commute from Gulf Breeze to Pensacola. In the afternoons a long line of cars often backs up on Interstate 10 to get off at Exit 22, which leads to the Garcon Point Bridge. The Florida Highway…… MORE
FRAUDULENT PROPERTY SALE ARREST
A 39-year-old Pace man has been arrested for fraudulently selling a man property in Perdido Key for $540,000. The victim said he has known Mark Puno for four years and paid him the money in return for the property located in the 1300 block of Innerarity Point Road in Perdido Key. He soon discovered Puno…… MORE
FREE MEALS FOR CHILDREN PROGRAM
The Trump administration has announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture will continue to provide free meals to all children through June 2021. The program was originally set to expire at the end of the calendar year. The program is intended to ensure children have access to nutritional food during the coronavirus pandemic. The extension also…… MORE
OKALOOSA COUNTY WILDLIFE FEEDING ORDINANCE
The Okaloosa County Commission has approved an ordinance that prohibits people from feeding birds at public beaches and waterfront parks within the county’s jurisdiction south of Choctawhatchee Bay. Bird feeding is now illegal at Gulf-front beaches, Veterans Park and Marler Park on Okaloosa Island and James Lee Park in Destin. Hungry and aggressive birds around…… MORE
