The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal shooting that happened Tuesday night in the Lovejoy Road area. The victim was identified as 44-year-old Nancy Schreiner of Fort Walton Beach and she was found was found in the roadway near the intersection of Marler Street and Shirley Drive around 9:45 p.m. with a gunshot…… MORE
BAY COUNTY SCAM ARREST
The Bay County Sheriff’s Office says a 50-year-old man has been arrested for his involvement in a Jamaican lottery scam. The Logan County, Kentucky Sheriff’s Department told Bay County Investigators that a man in their county reported he had sent $10,000 in cash to Garinton Moore at a Panama City Beach address to pay “taxes”…… MORE
COVID-19 UPDATE
The Florida Department of Health says the State added 7,023 new COVID cases yesterday, bringing the state’s total to 1,790,743 cases. There were 238 new deaths which brought the death toll in Florida to 28,526. Escambia County had 107 and 6 new deaths Santa Rosa County had 62 new cases and 12 new deaths Okaloosa…… MORE
PENSACOLA MINATURE GOAT ORDINANCE
Pensacola City Councilwoman Sherri Myers is sponsoring an ordinance that would allow people to keep up to two miniature goats as pets inside the city limits. The goats only reach about 23 inches in height. Current city laws ban the keeping of any livestock in the city limits except for pot-bellied pigs. The ordinance would…… MORE
MOLINO TRAFFIC CRASH
The Florida Highway Patrol said six people were injured in a two-vehicle crash Monday night in Molino. A70-year old female driver was airlifted by Life Flight helicopter to Sacred Heart Hospital as a trauma alert. Five others, including two children, were transported to the hospital by Escambia County EMS with injuries that were not considered…… MORE
4 KILLED IN PANAMA CITY TRAFFIC CRASH
The Florida Highway Patrol says four people were killed in a head-on collision yesterday morning on Highway 388 in Panama City when a sedan struck a pick-up truck. Troopers said three of the four victims died at the scene and the fourth died at the hospital. The victims were a 51-year-old woman, a 68-year-old woman,…… MORE
FEMA FUNERAL REIMBURSEMENT
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will soon begin reimbursing Americans for funeral expenses of family members who died because of COVID-19. Families can be reimbursed up to $7,000 for funeral expenses, retroactive to January 20th, 2020. Those who apply will need to submit identifying documentation of the person who died, as well as a death…… MORE
CRESTVIEW ALCOHOL SALES
The Crestview City Council has approved an ordinance that will allow alcoholic beverages to be legally sold in Crestview during hours that match those in Fort Walton Beach, Destin and in unincorporated areas of Okaloosa County. Previously, Crestview had prohibited the sale of alcoholic beverages from 4-7 a.m. Monday through Saturday and from 4 a.m.…… MORE
COVID-19 UPDATE
The Florida Department of Health says Florida added 6624 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, bringing the state’s total to 1,777,983. The state also added 103 new deaths binging Florida’s death toll to 28,161. Escambia County had 97 new cases and 1 new death Santa Rosa County had 55 new cases Okaloosa County had 38 new cases…… MORE
SATURDAY TRAFFIC FATALITY
The Florida Highway Patrol says a 24-year-old man was killed in a one-vehicle traffic crash over the weekend. Troopers said he was southbound on Fairfield Drive when his pickup truck went off the road, struck a culvert and overturned. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.… MORE
