The Florida Highway Patrol says a 90-year-old Pensacola woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash Friday night on Blue Angel Parkway. Troopers say Mary Brink was southbound, south of Highway 90 about 9 p.m. when she crossed into the northbound lanes and struck a car driven by 48-year old Robert Gill of Pensacola. Brink was…… MORE
Yearly Archives: 2018
FLU SEASON
The flu is now officially an epidemic in the United States and twenty children have died so far. The virus is said to be widespread in 49 states with Hawaii. Experts say the flu is especially active this year with the main strain, H3N2, is one of the worst. Doctors are recommending everyone get the…… MORE
ROAD CLOSURE
Southbound drivers on Highway 29 in Ensley can expect nightly road closures and traffic shifts through Wednesday, January 17th as a crew places drainage pipe across Highway 29 at Broad Street, just north of Interstate 10. The west side of Broad Street will be closed from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. through Wednesday. Detroit Boulevard…… MORE
CORRECTIONS OFFICER STABBED
A corrections officer at Blackwater River Correctional Facility in Santa Rosa County was stabbed by an inmate Tuesday morning. 56-year-old Dexter McWhite, who is serving a life sentence for aggravated assault, and armed robbery, attacked the officer, according to The GEO Group which runs the facility. The officer’s injuries were said to be non-life-threatening. The…… MORE
COOKIE RECALL
A voluntary recall has been issued for Clover Valley Iced Oatmeal Cookies because of mislabeling of the ingredients. The cookies with lot #L46217 30 have a best-buy date of August 18, 2018. Dollar General said the manufacturer said an error had been made on the labeling. No illnesses or reactions have been reported at this…… MORE
FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE
The Florida Department of Education says Florida’s high school graduation rate has reached a 14-year high rising to 82.3 percent, an increase of 23.1 percent. The Escambia County School District’s graduation rate increased to 79.5 percent, as compared to 76.1 percent one year earlier. Florida Governor Rick Scott said he looks forward to working with…… MORE
COAL BARGE STILL GROUNDED
Efforts are still being made to recover a coal barge that ran aground on a sandbar near Fort Pickens Monday night after it broke loose from a tow on the Intercoastal Waterway. Four barges moving the coal from Mobile to the Gulf Power Plant Crist on the Escambia River broke away from the tow in bad weather.…… MORE
FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE
The Florida Department of Education says Florida’s high school graduation rate has reached a 14-year high rising to 82.3 percent, an increase of 23.1 percent. The Escambia County School District’s graduation rate increased to 79.5 percent, as compared to 76.1 percent one year earlier. Florida Governor Rick Scott said he looks forward to working with…… MORE
MISSING VIETNAM PILOT
An Air Force pilot whose fighter went down over South Vietnam in 1972 and whose body was never recovered, is the latest candidate for inclusion on the Okaloosa County Veterans Memorial. Crestview Mayor David Cadle, a board member, said efforts are being made to find relatives of the pilot – Jack R. Harvey. A graduate…… MORE
SHERIFF’S BUDGET APPEAL
Florida Governor Rick Scott’s office has asked the Escambia County sheriff and the County Commission to stop sending additional filings to the office over the sheriff’s budget appeal. John MacIver, deputy general counsel for the governor’s office, wrote both parties that they should not send further documents until they are requested by the state. MacIver also…… MORE
