The Confederate monument in Pensacola is being dismantled. A work crew removed the statue of the soldier on top of the monument in Florida Square yesterday. The city is paying Green-Simmons Company $135,000 to remove the monument without damaging it, and the contract gives the company 30 days to complete the work. The monument will…… MORE
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GULF ISLANDS CLOSES JOHNSON BEACH
Gulf Islands National Seashore closed Perdido Key and Johnson Beach ahead of Hurricane Zeta, which is expected to bring heavy rainfall, high surf, dangerous rip currents and coastal flooding to Northwest Florida. Fort Pickens Road, Highway 399 – J. Earle Bowden Way – and the Opal Beach Areas remain closed because of damage from Hurricane…… MORE
FATAL SHOOTING
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal shooting that happened early Monday morning in the Crescent Lake Subdivision off Michigan Avenue. Deputies responded about 12:30 a.m. to the 5400 block of Glass Drive, where they found a man dead from a gunshot wound. Investigators are searching for 18-year-old Antonio Slocum Jr., for questioning…… MORE
ESCAMBIA COUNTY BURN BAN
The burn ban in Escambia County has been lifted for the entire county. The Florida Forest Service says residents do not need a burn authorization to burn yard waste as long as the pile is less than 8 feet in diameter – 25 feet from forests, 50 feet from paved public roads, 25 feet from…… MORE
CRASH OF NAVY TRAINING PLANE CONTINUES
The investigation into the fatal crash of a Naval training aircraft that killed two pilots is continuing and there are reports that the model of aircraft involved in the crash – the T-6B Texan II – has a history of safety issues. In 2017, The Air Force grounded its T-6s for about three weeks after…… MORE
FLORIDA GAS PRICES
The triple “A” Auto Club says Florida prices are at their lowest level in nearly a month, averaging $2.08 per gallon. That’s 4.5 cents less than a week ago and 33 cents per gallon less than this time last year. The state average has declined the past 22 consecutive days. Gasoline demand is also 15%…… MORE
BARGES REMOVED
Skanska U.S.A, the construction company building the new 3-mile Bay Bridge, has now removed 16 of the 23 barges that ran aground during Hurricane Sally, including three of the four barges left under the Bridge. Those barges did significant damage to the new bridge, requiring 7 spans to be fully or partially replaced, which could…… MORE
NAVY PLANE CRASH INVESTIGATION
The investigation continues into the crash of a U.S. Navy T-6 training aircraft from Naval Air Station Whiting Field in Milton that went down in Magnolia Springs, Alabama, in South Baldwin County on Friday, killing both crew members. One of the victims has been identified as 26-year-old Ensign Morgan Garrett from Waxhaw, North Carolina, a…… MORE
ESCAMBIA COUNTY DEBRIS COLLECTION
Escambia County completed the first round of Hurricane Sally debris removal this past Friday. Contractors expect it will take 90 days to finish the debris removal. Approximately 2,300,000 cubic yards of debris have been collected, equal to 380 football fields stacked three feet high. To help expedite the collection vegetative debris like tree limbs need…… MORE
ESCAMBIA COUNTY BURN BAN
The burn ban in Escambia County north of Nine Mile Road has been lifted. The rest of the county, south of Nine Mile Road, remains under a burn ban until further notice. The Florida Forest Service says residents do not need a burn authorization to burn yard waste as long as the pile is less…… MORE
