GOP leaders in the Florida Legislature announced yesterday they have finalized a budget deal that boosts funding for education programs, land conservation and school safety. The budget deal allocates 400 million dollars for school safety programs, delivers what is called record funding for schools, boosts spending on Bright Futures college scholarship and spends 100 million…… MORE
Yearly Archives: 2018
BAY COUNTY EMBEZZLER ARRESTED
The Bay County Sheriff’s Office says a 63-year-old Panama City woman was arrested after her employer said she stole money from the business. Marcia Avery worked part-time for Panhandle Marine Controls as a bookkeeper and investigators said she had been paying her personal utility and credit card bills with company money, and had taken out…… MORE
FLORIDA SCHOOL SAFETY BILL PASSED
The Florida House has passed the state’s first gun control measures in 22 years. It creates a program that would arm some classroom teachers and staff, includes a three-day waiting period for most gun purchases, raises the minimum age to 21 to purchase a gun, and gives police more authority to confiscate weapons. Florida Governor…… MORE
FALSE SCHOOL SHOOTER ALERT
An accidental triggering of a new active shooter alert app triggered a police response yesterday morning to the Miriam Cherry Street Elementary School in Panama City. The app alerts all law enforcement within a certain radius to a possible active shooter or other emergency at a nearby school. The school said they accidentally triggered the…… MORE
BEACH WALKING AND BIKE PATH
The developer of the Portofino condominium towers and Pensacola Beach leaders have reached a compromise in their property access dispute allowing Escambia County to move forward with a multi-use path. Developer Robert Rinke told Santa Rosa Island Authority board members at a recent meeting he would give the county a 680-square-foot perpetual easement through his…… MORE
FALSE SCHOOL SHOOTER ALERT
An accidental triggering of a new active shooter alert app triggered a police response yesterday morning to the Miriam Cherry Street Elementary School in Panama City. The app alerts all law enforcement within a certain radius to a possible active shooter or other emergency at a nearby school. The school said they accidentally triggered the…… MORE
FALSE SCHOOL SHOOTER ALERT
An accidental triggering of a new active shooter alert app triggered a police response yesterday morning to the Miriam Cherry Street Elementary School in Panama City. The app alerts all law enforcement within a certain radius to a possible active shooter or other emergency at a nearby school. The school said they accidentally triggered the…… MORE
GULF ISLANDS NESTING SEASON
The shorebird nesting season has begun at the Gulf Islands National Seashore. Last week the first shorebird nest of the year was seen. Each year, from late February through the end of summer, the seashore provides nesting habitats for several species of ground-nesting shorebirds, including terns, snowy plovers, and black swimmers. Superintendent Dan Brown said…… MORE
ALABAMA SWAT SHOOTING
The Baldwin County Alabama Sheriff’s Department has confirmed that a man killed after an armed standoff in the Barnwell Community was shot by SWAT team members. 65-year-old Robert Yates fired on deputies who were attempting to evict him from his rental mobile home. No deputies were hit, and the SWAT Team and negotiators responded. After…… MORE
PENSACOLA AIRPORT EXPANSION GRANT
Florida Governor Rick Scott announced the 11 projects that will qualify for 22 million dollars in awards from the Florida Job Growth Grant Fund. One of those projects will provide 4 million dollars for the Pensacola International Airport to develop additional taxiways, construct ramps and future airport development, including improvements to facilities for education and…… MORE
