The City of Pensacola is asking for bids to remove the Confederate monument from Lee Square on Palafox Street. Bids are due back on September 24th and the city will review the bids and select a contractor. The monument will then be taken to the port of Pensacola for storage, but a decision on where…… MORE
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CONGRESSMAN GAETZ WANTS SNOWDEN PARDONED
Congressman Matt Gaetz wants President Donald Trump to pardon National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden. Snowden was charged under the Espionage Act in 2013 with disclosing details of highly classified government surveillance programs. Snowden has remained in Russia since 2013 to avoid prosecution after the U.S. suspended his passport. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of…… MORE
SCHOOL BUS TRESPASSER ARRESTED
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Department says a 21-year-old Pace man was arrested Friday morning after he got on an occupied school bus and than ran from deputies. Deputies were dispatched to the area of Hamilton Bridge Road and Parkway Drive in Milton around 7:40am Friday after Camara Ford jumped onto the side of the…… MORE
SANTA ROSA COUNTY EARTHQUKES
The U.S. Geological Survey confirmed Saturday that were actually two earthquakes last Thursday near the Florida/Alabama state line. A magnitude 3.8 earthquake at 10:07 a.m. was centered just south of Old Highway 31 near Pollard, Alabama, or about 4 miles northeast of Century. A weaker magnitude 2.0 earthquake occurred about three hours later at 1:17…… MORE
ON-SITE DRINKING RESTRICTIONS MAY BE LIFTED
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis may soon lift on-site drinking restrictions imposed on bars and craft breweries since late June because of the coronavirus pandemic. The restrictions were put in place due to widespread non-compliance with coronavirus safety guidelines. The majority of Florida moved into the second phase of recovery efforts on June 8th, allowing movie…… MORE
COVID-19 UPDATE
Florida added 3,571 new COVID-19 cases yesterday to bring the state’s total to 637,013. There were also 149 new coronavirus deaths, bringing the state’s death toll to 11,800. Escambia County had 48 new cases and 1 new death …… MORE
PENSACOLA CONFEDERATE MONUMENT
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that was attempting to stop the City of Pensacola from removing the Confederate monument. U.S. District Judge Casey Rodgers ruled the group that filed the lawsuit lacked standing to sue the city over removal of the monument. The lawsuit argued that removal of the monument would violate the…… MORE
SANTA ROSA COUNTY EARTHQUAKE
The United States Geological Survey says a 3.8 magnitude earthquake occurred on the Florida/Alabama line at the north end of Santa Rosa County just after 10am yesterday morning. Residents in Jay, East Milton and even Navarre reported feeling the ground shake. It’s the first earthquake felt in the area since nine quakes hit the area…… MORE
TEENAGER HURT IN ATV WRECK
The Florida Highway Patrol says a 13-year-old Milton girl was seriously injured in an ATV crash Wednesday evening on Cabin Lane near Indian Ford Road in Milton. Troopers say the teen and a 19-year-old Milton man, were northbound on Cabin Lane just before 6 p.m. when she lost control of the ATV while making a…… MORE
MILLION DOLLARS IN CASH SEIZED
Alabama state troopers recovered over million dollars in cash during a traffic stop of a tractor-trailer on Interstate 65 near Evergreen, Alabama. During a safety inspection of the vehicle, Troopers found the cash and notified the State Bureau of Investigation who responded to the scene. The two occupants of the tractor-trailer were released and the…… MORE
