The Bay County Sheriff’s Office says an infant died after being left in a car in Panama City. Deputies responded to a medical call at a home on Canal Avenue and found the infant had been left in a vehicle for several hours. A deputy began CPR on the baby and EMS arrived within minutes,…… MORE
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COVID-19 UPDATE
The Department of Health says Florida added 2,402 new COVID-19 cases yesterday to bring the state’s total to 633,442. There also 133 new coronavirus deaths, bringing the state’s death toll to 11,651. Escambia County had 56 new cases and 1 new death Santa Rosa County had 49 new cases and q new death Okaloosa County…… MORE
NORTH ESCAMBIA COUNTY TRAFFIC FATALITY
The Florida Highway Patrol said a woman was killed in a head on collision Tuesday night on Highway 29, north of Morgan Cemetery Road in North Escambia County. Troopers say the woman was driving a sedan northbound in the southbound lane just before 10 p.m., and crashed head-on with an SUV driven by a 38-year-old…… MORE
SANTA ROSA COUNTY CHILD MOLESTOR ARRESTED
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Department says a 46-year-old man has been arrested for molesting a 9-year-old girl in 2016 and then threatening to kill her if she told anyone. Melvin Thompson’s girlfriend and the girl’s mother walked in the room while he molesting the girl. Thompson, is charged with molesting a victim 12 years…… MORE
NEW DIRECTOR OF FLORIDA EMPLOYMENT AGENCY
Florida Governor Ron Desantis has appointed State Represenative Dane Eagle as executive director of the state’s employment agency. The appointment comes two days after Ken Lawson announced he was resigning as head of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity after the agency was heavily criticized for long delays in paying out unemployment benefits during the…… MORE
NURSING HOME VISITS ALLOWED
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has announced he is ending the ban on visitors to Florida’s long-term care centers. Family members will again be able to visit loved ones in nursing homes and other facilities, but will be limited to two visitors at a time, without children, with those entering undergoing a health screening and wearing…… MORE
BOGGY BAYOU MULLET FESTIVAL CANCELLED
After 44 years the Boggy Bayou Mullet Festival in Niceville has come to an end. Begun in 1976, the annual celebration featured a traditional fish fry served up with big-name country entertainers including Kenny Rogers, the Charlie Daniels Band and Tanya Tucker. Niceville City Manager Lannie Corbin said while this October’s festival would have been…… MORE
COVID-19 UPDATE
The Florida Department of Health says Florida added 7,569 new COVID-19 cases yesterday to bring the state’s total cases to 631,040. There were also 187 new coronavirus deaths, bringing the death toll in Florida to 11,518. Escambia County had 73 new cases and 2 new deaths Santa Rosa County had 43 new cases and 2…… MORE
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR RENT AND MORTGAGES
Applications are now being taken for financial assistance with rent, mortgage and utility payments for residents of Escambia and Santa Rosa counties – including the city of Pensacola – who were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Applications will be taken from now until September 14th or until funds run out. About $800,000 is available from…… MORE
FLORIDA DUMPS QUEST DIAGNOSTICS
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says the Florida Department of Health will no longer do business with Quest Diagnostics after what he said was Quest’s failure to follow Florida law and report results of COVID-19 in a timely manner. Quest is one of the largest private providers of testing in the state since the pandemic began,…… MORE
