The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that happened in the parking lot of the Pensacola Interstate Fair early Saturday morning. The Sheriff’s Office says it occurred about 1:30 a.m. during a fight between juveniles. The victim was transported to a Pensacola hospital with injuries that did not appear to be life-threatening. The…… MORE
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EARLY VOTING
David Stafford, Escambia County Supervisor of Elections, says over half of the registered voters in Escambia County have already cast ballots in the general election. Early voting ended Saturday with 69,834 early votes cast, and 57,881 vote-by-mail ballots cast for a total of 127,775 ballots and a voter turnout of just over 55%. Of the…… MORE
SHOOTING INVESTIGATION
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a weekend shooting. Deputies were dispatched around 2:30 Saturday morning to the Tom Thumb gas station on Creighton Road after a man walked into the convenience store after being shot. The domestic-related shooting happened in the 1800 block of San Dollar Circle and the man was transported to…… MORE
WASHINGTON COUNTY HAYRIDE TRAFFIC CRASH
The Florida Highway Patrol says multiple people were injured in Washington County when a hayride carrying 30 passengers was struck by another vehicle on Halloween night throwing several people from a 24-foot trailer. It happened about 6 p.m. on Corbin Road, and several injured people were taken to local hospitals. The 46-year-old driver of the…… MORE
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
Florida Senators Rick Scott and Marco Rubio want Daylight Saving Time to be permanent. In September, the two senators introduced legislation that would keep the United States on DST through November of 2021. The bill failed but if it had been enacted it would have prevented the United States from “falling back” to Standard Time,…… MORE
ESCAMBIA COUNTY SCHOOLS REOPEN
The Escambia County School District says all schools will be open today, and all employees will report to their work sites as scheduled. A few schools were still without power midday Thursday, but Gulf Power said all schools would have service restored by today. No major damage was reported to district facilities.… MORE
BAY BRIDGE REPAIRS
The Florida Department of Transportation says the Pensacola Bay Bridge did not sustain any additional damage during Hurricane Zeta. FDOT has three bridge contractors on site to expedite the demolition of damaged spans. Debris from two spans has been cleared along with the complete removal of one damaged span. Design is underway for permanent repairs…… MORE
POWER OUTAGES
Gulf Power says more than 50,000 customers lost power in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties because of Hurricane Zeta. The company says about 45,700 customers, mostly in Escambia County, had their power restored within 12 hours. Santa Rosa County public safety director Brad Baker said no structural damage was reported in that county. The Navarre…… MORE
STORM DEATHS
Hurricane Zeta has been blamed for at least six deaths in the South. One man was electrocuted in New Orleans, a man drowned in Biloxi, a man in Georgia, was killed when an oak tree fell on a mobile home, two people were killed near Atlanta when a tree fell on their house, and one…… MORE
BRISTOL PARK FLOODING MITAGATION
Escambia County officials are seeking federal funding for two projects to help reduce flooding in the Bristol Park, Bristol Creek and Ashbury Hills communities along Eleven Mile Creek. More than 160 homes flooded during an April 2014 rainstorm, and it is estimated that more than 70 homes flooded during Hurricane Sally. After the 2014 flood,…… MORE
