Florida secretary of State Sarah Revell has ordered a manual recount in the state’s hotly contested U.S. Senate race. Unofficial returns from a machine recount had triggered a second recount in the Senate race and the state agriculture commissioner’s race. State law requires a hand recount of races with margins of .25 percentage points or…… MORE
Yearly Archives: 2018
ESCAMBIA COUNTY RECOUNT COMPLETED
The Escambia County Supervisor of Elections office says the machine recount of three statewide races has been completed. In the Senate race, Republican Rick Scott gained three votes in Escambia County, and Democratic Bill Nelson lost two votes and in the race for governor, Ron DeSantis gained one vote, while Democrat Andrew Gillum’s total remained…… MORE
GOVERNOR SCOTT RECUSES HIMSELF
Florida Governor Rick Scott will recuse himself from the state’s canvassing commission. The commission is a three-member panel that officially signs off on election results in state and federal races. The League of Women Voters of Florida and another group have filed a lawsuit seeking to remove Scott from any official control over the election.…… MORE
PLANTS RECOVERING AFTER MICHAEL
A month after Hurricane Michael devastated the Florida Panhandle trees are starting to put out new sprouts and some plants, such as azaleas and Japanese magnolias, have started to flower out of season. Julie McConnell, a horticultural agent with the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences in Bay County. Said the science…… MORE
CRESTVIEW SCHOOL THREAT ARREST
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Crestview says a 15-year-old High School student has been arrested for threatening to shoot another student. Drew Williams is charged with making a false report concerning the use of a firearm in a violent manner against a person. After making the threat during a Facetime video chat to bring a firearm…… MORE
CHARTER SCHOOL OWNER SENTENCED
Marcus May, the former owner of the Newpoint Charter School here in Pensacola, has been sentenced to 20 years in state prison and fined 5 million dollars. May was convicted of two counts of racketeering and one count of organized fraud after a four-week trial. It’s one of the first racketeering cases involving a charter…… MORE
DETENTION FACILITY DEMOLITION
Escambia County is moving closer to demolishing the Central Booking and Detention Facility that was destroyed in a natural gas explosion four years ago. Although no date has been set for the start of the demolition. County Commissioner Lumon May will holding a town hall meeting Wednesday his evening to ensure that residents in the…… MORE
ALABAMA FUGITIVE ARRESTED
The man wanted for a triple shooting Sunday in Atmore, Alabama, was arrested yesterday in Escambia County by U.S. Marshals. 34-year-old Anji Baker, of Bay Minette, Alabama, is accused of shooting three people at the Assembly Hall”, formerly known at the Chik-A-Dee Nightclub on Carver Avenue in Atmore. Two victims are in a Mobile hospital,…… MORE
FORT WALTON BEACH OFFICER QUITS
The Fort Walton Beach police officer whose complaints against administrators led to the resignation of former Police Chief Ed Ryan, no longer is employed by the agency. Interim Fort Walton Beach Police Chief Robert Lovering said Officer Don Hall had been granted extended family leave, but declined to return to work last Thursday after being…… MORE
GAS PRICES
The Triple A Auto Club says as the holidays approach gas prices are declining. Crude oil hit an 8-month lows last week, which means the decline should continue. Gas prices in Florida have declined 36 consecutive days, for a total of 25 cents. Florida motorists are paying about what they did for gasoline this time…… MORE
