The Alabama Department of Corrections says Holman Prison in Atmore is on lockdown today after a fatal stabbing Sunday night. Prison officials found 29-year-old Vaquerro Armstrong in a housing area with multiple stab wounds. Several hours later another fight broke out among several inmates, one of whom suffered multiple stabs wounds and was airlifted to…… MORE
Yearly Archives: 2018
FLORIDA CONCEALED WEAPONS PROGRAM
Nikki Fried, Florida’s newly elected agriculture commissioner, says she plans to look into the state’s concealed weapons permit program once she is sworn into office. Fried, said she has begun talking about possible changes to the program. There will likely be a legislative battle over whether the program should be moved to a different state…… MORE
NO MAIL DELIVERY TOMORROW
The United States Postal Services says all retail locations will be closed and there will be no mail delivery tomorrow to honor Former President George H. W. Bush. President Trump declared December 5th a National Day of Mourning calling all US citizens to observe and remember the life and legacy of the 41st President of…… MORE
ESCAMBIA COUNTY DEPUTIES KILL KNIFE-WIELDING SUSPECT
Escambia County deputies shot and killed a man who attacked them with a meat cleaver early Saturday morning. It happened just before 4 a.m. at the Alabaster Garden Apartments off Massachusetts Avenue after someone reported a murder. Arriving deputies were confronted by a man holding a meat cleaver who refused to drop the weapon. When…… MORE
FUGITIVE ARRESTED
A 19-year-old man who led police on a lengthy manhunt on Thursday and caused two Cantonment schools to be placed on lockdown has been arrested. The Sheriff’s Office said Jordon King fled on foot from a residence as deputies attempted to arrest him on outstanding warrants. A manhunt in the area of Kingsfield Road and…… MORE
HADJI TEMPLE ROOF COLLAPSE
One person was injured when a drop-ceiling collapsed Saturday morning from the portico over the driveway at the front entrance of the Hadji Temple on Nine Mile Road. Escambia County officials say the collapse was the result of a water leak. One adult female was taken by EMS to Sacred Heart Hospital as a trauma…… MORE
HURRICANE SEASON ENDS
The 2018 Atlantic Hurricane season has come to an end. The season was considered slightly above-average and included 15 named storms and eight hurricanes, of which two were major hurricanes. Things began a bit early when Tropical Storm Alberto brought maximum sustained winds of 45 mph to North Florida in late May. Of course, the…… MORE
APALACHICOLA FATAL PLANE CRASH
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Department says a 73-year-old businessman from Fort Myers was killed in the crash of a small plane around 6:30 Friday evening in marshland just east of the Apalachicola River. Sheriff A.J. Smith said Lewis Midlam was piloting his single-engine Cessna aircraft when it crashed and burned just after takeoff from the…… MORE
OKALOOSA COUNTY SHOOTING
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office says an 18-year-old man has suffered a second gunshot in a week. Investigators say the victim was first struck in the head by a bullet during a shooting at a Mary Esther car wash on Friday, November 23rd, but was not seriously injured. Then on Friday, November 30th, deputies were…… MORE
ESCAMBIA COUNTY SCHOOL SECURITY THREAT
Ransom Middle and Kingsfield Elementary schools were placed under a precautionary elevated security threat yesterday. Escambia County Sheriff’s deputies were attempting to serve felony arrest warrants when the suspect fled from the residence. Under that threat level normal movement of students are still permitted within the schools, but outsiders were not permitted access to the…… MORE
