The deadline to apply for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to recover from Hurricane Sally is December 1st. The same deadline is for those who wish to apply for low-interest loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration. Applications for FEMA assistance will be accepted online at DisasterAssistance.gov or by calling the phone number…… MORE
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PENSACOLA PORT TO BE ON NATIONAL TV SHOW
The Port of Pensacola will soon be featured on the national television series “World’s Greatest,” which highlights the port as one of the most historic deep-water ports in the world. The episode will air on Monday, November 23rd and Monday, December 7th. Port Director Amy Miller said the port continues to be an economic driver…… MORE
FEMA CENTERS TO CLOSE
FEMA mobile registration centers in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties will close permanently at 5 p.m. Saturday. Residents affected by Hurricane Sally can still register through Saturday to receive in-person assistance at the following locations: Brownsville Community Center – 320 W. DeSoto Street Lexington Terrace Community Center – 700 S. Old Corry Field Road, Escambia…… MORE
ESCAMBIA COUNTY SHOOTING FOLLOWUP
The 15-year old facing charges following a Wednesday shooting in Century has not been charged for the shooting, but was arrested on a felony gun charge. The shooting happened on Jefferson Avenue, where an adult male was shot in the chest after a fight during a card game. The victim was airlifted to a Mobile…… MORE
FORMER MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND DIRECTOR SENTENCED
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
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
