The Florida Highway Patrol says a 38-year-old Navarre man managed to rear-end 11 different vehicles on Highway 98 over the weekend. Troopers say Daniel Weidman was eastbound from Gulf Breeze to Navarre at around 5 p.m. Saturday and failed to stop at any of the crashes. After the last collision Weidman lost control of his…… MORE
Yearly Archives: 2018
GAS PRICES CONTINUE TO FALL
Gas prices continue to decline and are now at their lowest levels of the year in many areas. The price of crude oil dropped by more than 10 percent over concerns that strong global oil production will overpower demand. Gas prices in Florida are now averaging $2.43 per gallon – 7 cents less than a…… MORE
CELL PHONES AND DRIVING BILL
A bill that would allow law-enforcement officers to pull over motorists for using cell phones while driving will be back before the Florida Legislature in 2019. The bill would prohibit texting, reading data or talking on wireless handheld devices while behind the wheel. However, the proposed bill would allow drivers to use hands-free wireless devices…… MORE
OUTLYING LANDING FIELD MASTER PLANNER
Escambia County Commissioners have approved the proposed scope of work for a professional planning firm to develop the Navy Outlying Field 8 property of Nine Mile Road. The county has spent more than 17 million dollars to build a helicopter training field for the Navy to swap it with the one in Beulah next to…… MORE
ATTEMPTED CHILD ABDUCTION
Pensacola Police say a 37-year-old woman was arrested for trying to abduct a child from a Pensacola store yesterday afternoon. PPD spokesman Officer Mike Wood said a mother and her 2-year-old were shopping at the Dollar General at “T” and Cervantes streets, when English enticed the child with a stuffed animal then grabbed the toddler…… MORE
PEDESTRIAN FATALITY IDENTIFIED
The Florida Highway Patrol has identified the bicyclist who was struck and killed near the intersection of “W” Street and Industrial Court back on November the 8th. Troopers say 28-year-old Christopher Usher of Pensacola was southbound on a bicycle on “W” Street just before 6 p.m. when he was struck by an SUV. Usher was…… MORE
CARJACKING SUSPECT OUT OF HOSPITAL
A 32-year-old Milton man shot by a Milton police officer on November 8th is out of the hospital. BradleyHobbs was charged with carjacking a woman and fleeing from an officer. He eventually crashed the stolen truck and charged at an officer with a knife and was shot in the chest. According to the jail log,…… MORE
PENSACOLA MAYOR’S TRANSITION TEAM
The Pensacola News Journal is reporting that Mayor-elect Grover Robinson says he has formed a transition team of 12 volunteers to be chaired by Pensacola businessman Quint Studer. Robinson said the team will make recommendations to advance the city in multiple areas. Robinson will be sworn in as mayor on November 27th, but he’s already…… MORE
ESCAMBIA COUNTY CAR-CHASE ARREST
Escambia County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a woman after a car chase yesterday morning. Deputies tried to stop 22-year-old Tamario Mosley who was driving a stolen a car, but she continued driving. The car eventually wrecked on West Jackson Street and Mosley ran out of fled on foot, but was quickly captured. Mosley has been booked…… MORE
PERSON OF INTEREST SOUGHT IN DEATH
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a person of interest in the beating death of a Fort Walton Beach-area woman. The body of 47-year-old Michele Lemmo was found by her roommate inside their home in the 500 block of Union Street on Sunday. Investigators ae seeking Lemmo’s ex-boyfriend, 46-year-old Jarod Skiles and her…… MORE
