The Escambia County Sheriff’s Department says two men were arrested for the murder of a 42-year-old Pensacola man during an armed robbery at his home on March 4th. 21-year-old Anthony Brown was arrested Sunday and is being held in Escambia County Jail without bond. 29-year-old Kenneth Preston, was arrested Thursday and is also being held…… MORE
ELDERLY EXPLOITATION ARREST
A 52-year-old Cantonment woman is charged with exploitation of the elderly. Sharon Hazzard, was charged with felony exploitation of the elderly for taking half ownership of a single wide trailer in Cantonment. In April 2016, Hazard convinced the victim to sign a quitclaim deed giving her half ownership of the property with rights of survivorship.…… MORE
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL ARRESTED
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement says a Pensacola mother and daughter have been arrested for unauthorized access into hundreds of student accounts and using that access to cast fraudulent homecoming court votes. 50-year-old Laura Carroll was an assistant principal at Bellview Elementary School, while her 17-year-old daughter was a student at Tate High School.…… MORE
NO PAY FOR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS PROPOSAL
Republicans in the Florida House of Representatives want voters to decide if school board members should be paid. If passed, those elected and reelected after November 8th, 2022 will not receive a salary. District 2 Representative Alex Andrade is on this committee and supports the proposal, but said that his support for the resolution does…… MORE
COVID UPDATE
The Florida Department of Health says the State added 3,699 new COVID-19 cases yesterday bringing the total to 1,976,808 cases. There were also 31 new deaths, bringing Florida’s toll to 32,860. Escambia County had 31 new cases Santa Rosa County had 19 new cases Okaloosa County had 25 new cases and 2 new deaths Walton…… MORE
NORTH ESCAMBIA COUNTY TRAFFIC FATALITY
The Florida Highway Patrol says a 53-year old man was killed in a single-vehicle crash Saturday night on Highway 4-A about three miles west of Century. Troopers say it appears the driver lost control on a curve around 1:45pm and went off the road and struck a culvert. There were no passengers in the vehicle…… MORE
NORTH PACE BOULEVARD PEDESTRIAN FATALITY
The Florida Highway Patrol says a 37-year-old Pensacola woman died Saturday evening after she was hit by a car while trying to cross North Pace Boulevard in Pensacola. Troopers say around 7:40 p.m. the pedestrian was attempting to cross North Pace Boulevard, near Gonzalez Street, when she was struck. She was pronounced dead at the…… MORE
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO BENEFIT FROM RELIEF BILL
President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan into law last Thursday. 1.9 trillion dollars in COVID-19 stimulus money will be going to individuals and couples, but local governments will also receive. Escambia County will get 61.7 million dollars, the City of Pensacola 19.1 million, the City of Century 780,000 dollars. Santa Rosa County will…… MORE
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME
Florida U.S. Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott have joined six other Senators to reintroduce the Sunshine Protection Act, that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent across the country, but it has not yet been approved by Congress. Fifteen other states have passed similar laws or resolutions. Many studies have shown that making Daylight Savings…… MORE
FLORIDA LOCAL MASK MANDATES
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis wants to roll back the emergency powers of local governments – especially mask mandates – through Legislative action. That has drawn sharp criticism from city and county officials and Democratic lawmakers who say masks and other public health steps enacted by local leaders remain a big part of Florida’s continuing push…… MORE
