A former band director at Ernest Ward Middle School has been sentenced to 24 months in prison on a child sex charge. 35-year-old James McAllister pled guilty to one count of traveling to meet a minor to engage in sexual conduct. He was the band and chorus director at Ernest Ward Middle School from 2015…… MORE
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SANSKA LAWSUITS
The Pensacola law firm of Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz says 11 more businesses in Pensacola and Gulf Breeze have filed lawsuits against Skanksa USA because of financial losses they suffered because of the closure of the Three Mile Bridge. Gulf Breeze businesses include: Marble Slab, Shan Kishi, Gulf Breeze Bait & Tackle, Gulf Breeze…… MORE
GULF POWER TO RECOVER HURRICANE COSTS
Gulf Power has filed a proposal with the Florida Public Service Commission that would allow it to begin collecting an estimated 206 million dollars from customers to recoup costs stemming from Hurricane Sally. That extra charge would become on top of the fees Gulf customers are already paying for Hurricane Michael in 2018. Last year,…… MORE
FERRY PASS FLOODING
Escambia County is seeking federal funds to improve drainage in Ferry Pass neighborhoods that flooded during Hurricane Sally and during the floods of 2014. A large drainage pond south of Ellyson Industrial Park drains into a 20-foot ditch that leads into a 6-foot ditch that can’t handle the outflow from the retention pond. Commissioner Robert…… MORE
COVIDE-19 UPDATE
The Florida Department of Health says the state added 5,838 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, which brings the state’s total to 858,012. There were also 52 new deaths bringing the state’s death toll to 17,512. Escambia County had 114 new cases and one new death Santa Rosa County had 73 new cases Okaloosa County had 85…… MORE
PENSACOLA DECLARES COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGENCY
Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson has declared a state of emergency over COVID-19 in the city after daily hospitalizations from the virus rose to 78. The effect of the state of emergency is limited, but Robinson stressed that the mask ordinance is still in place and asked that people practice social distancing, wash their hands and…… MORE
ABANDONED HOTEL TO BE DEMOLISHED
The Pensacola News Journal is reporting the abandoned hotel next to the north end of Interstate 110 will be torn down. Escambia County will pay Larry Gates Construction $180,000 to demolish the three-story building that was built in 1985. The hotel has had multiple owners and was most recently an Econo Lodge, but has been…… MORE
ESCAMBIA COUNTY SHOOTING INVESTIGATION
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Department says a juvenile suspect is in custody after a man was shot on Jefferson Avenue in Century yesterday afternoon. The adult male was reportedly shot in the chest after a fight erupted during a card game. He was airlifted to a Mobile hospital in critical condition. Neither the name of…… MORE
GULF POWER SWITCHING FROM COAL TO NATURAL GAS
Gulf Power’s plan to switch Plant Crist to natural gas is now on the fast track. The company notified the Florida Public Service Commission that it will retire the plant’s coal assets early and switch to 100% natural gas delivered by a pipeline through North Escambia County. Converting coal-burning units to run on natural gas,…… MORE
PROPOSED ANTI-MOB LEGISLATION
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is said to be drafting “anti-mob” legislation that it is an expansion of the current Stand Your Ground law, which means you can’t be charged for killing someone if you’re in fear for your life. The legislation would make it a third-degree felony to block traffic during protests, give immunity to…… MORE
