The 2021 lifeguard season on area beaches has begun. Pensacola Beach Lifeguards rolled out their towers, and welcomed 19 new and 56 returning lifeguards. One to three towers at Casino Beach will be on duty from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week, than from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. beginning Sunday, March…… MORE
CAR BURGLARY SUSPECT ARRESTED
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Department says the suspect in a series of car burglaries in Myrtle Grove has been arrested after a high-speed chase through parts of Cantonment and Gonzalez yesterday. During the pursuit, 23-year-old Chance Gardner backed into a Sheriff’s Department patrol vehicle causing some damages but no injuries. Gardner was eventually stopped on…… MORE
MURDER VICTIM ID’d
Pensacola Police have identified the victim of last Friday’s homicide at a Pensacola home. 30-year-old Joshua Donald was killed Friday afternoon at a home in the 100-block of West Highland Drive. An autopsy has been scheduled to determine the cause of death. A 40-year-old woman is considered a suspect in this case, but she has…… MORE
MORE PEOPLE ELIGIBLE FOR VACCINATIONS
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued an executive order expanding vaccine eligibility COVID-19 vaccine in Florida that takes effect tomorrow. Sworn law enforcement officers, firefighters and K-12 school employees, age 50 or older will now be eligible to be vaccinated. Monday. The order also allows the vaccination of people under age 65 if they are deemed…… MORE
COVID-19 UPDATE
Florida added 5,539 cases Sunday to bring the state’s total to 1,909,221. There were also 126 COVID deaths and the State’s death tolls now rises to 31,406. Escambia County had 52 new cases Santa Rosa County had 50 new cases Okaloosa County 60 new cases Walton County had 11 new cases… MORE
PEDESTRIAN KILLED
The Florida Highway Patrol says a 31-year-old Pennsylvania man was killed while walking along Pine Forest Road Saturday night after he was struck by a pick-up truck. Troopers say the pickup, driven by a 70-year-old man from Fountain, Florida, was southbound near Five Flags Speedway when it struck the pedestrian who was walking northbound on…… MORE
BEULAH CAR BURGLARIES
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a suspect in several car burglaries that occurred Friday morning in Beulah in the 9400 block of Lutoo Lane, just south of Nine Mile Road. A black 2017 Hyundai Sonata with Florida tag NGW-U37 was also stolen. The Sheriff’s Office has identified the suspect as Chance Gardner…… MORE
MYRTLE GROVE POST OFFICE DAMAGED
The Florida Highway Patrol says the Myrtle Grove post office was damaged after a driver ran through the front of the building yesterday afternoon. Troopers said the 73-year-old male driver was not injured. The man told them when he pulled up to the front of the building to park, the car kept going. Troopers said…… MORE
PANAMA CITY WHISTLE-BLOWER FIRED
Two days after he filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the city a Panama City employee has been fired. John Paul Jones, former senior logistics manager claims the city retaliated against him after he questioned if it illegally purchased Christmas lights last year. A termination letter to Jones from City Manager Mark McQueen stated that…… MORE
PROPOSED TAX BREAK FOR FLOOD PREVENTION
There could be a tax break for Floridians who elevate their homes to avoid flooding. Under proposals announced by House Speaker Chris Sprowls, up to 100 million dollars a year would be set aside to help local governments combat rising sea levels. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis proposed providing a billion dollars over the next four…… MORE
