The Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office says a deputy responding to a disturbance call Saturday morning in North Santa Rosa County, shot a man who threatened him with a crossbow. 26-year-old Glenn Phillips, reportedly pointed a crossbow at a deputy, who shot him in the shoulder. Phillips was transported to a hospital. No deputies were injured in…… MORE
Yearly Archives: 2018
DRIVER IN FATAL HIT-AND-RUN ARRESTED
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency says a Pensacola man has been arrested and charged in a fatal hit-and-run that occurred near Loxley, Alabama Thursday night. Troopers say 43-year-old Maria Osorio was a passenger in a vehicle that had pulled onto the shoulder of eastbound Interstate 10 near mile marker 43. For some reason Osorio got…… MORE
HURRICANE POWER RESTORATION
The Gulf Power Company says power restoration estimates is ahead of schedule. As of yesterday there are 36,174 without power still in Bay County. However, parts of Youngstown, Bayou George, Lynn Haven and downtown Panama City have had power restored for 95 percent of customers who are able to receive power. Mid-town Panama City and…… MORE
POST-HURRICANE ELECTION PLAN
The State of Florida is trying to make it easier to vote-by-mail in eight counties devastated by Hurricane Michael. Secretary of State Ken Detzner, the state’s top election official, said the changes are intended to help displaced voters in Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Liberty and Washington counties, while also giving elections supervisors more…… MORE
MEGA MILLIONS ROLLS OVER
No one won Friday night’s Mega Millions drawing and the new jackpot is estimated at 1.6 billion dollars. However, someone did win over $38,000 from a Fantasy 5 ticket purchased in Davisville in North Escambia County. The ticket was sold at the Korner Kwik Stop, on Highway 97, and was one of six winning tickets…… MORE
ESCAMBIA COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RETIRING
Escambia County Administrator Jack Brown is retiring. Brown became County Administrator in June of 2014. He said he made the decision in order to take care of his wife and her health issues. During yesterday’s meeting, commissioners recognized Brown for a job well done and offered prayers for his family. … MORE
SEXUAL ASSAULT ARREST
A 27-year-old Pensacola man was arrested on sexual assault charges for inappropriately touching two underage girls. Escambia County Sheriff’s Office investigators said the acts occurred between March 2013 and February 2015. During that time Nicholas Moore put the girls on his lap when they visited him in his RV, unbuttoned their pants and touched them…… MORE
CHILD ABUSE ARREST
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Department said a man and woman, have been arrested for beating a child in their care. A Department of Children and Families investigator alerted authorities after an anonymous complaint was made regarding excessive bruising on the child who had been in the care of 26-year-old Tony Walker, and 35-year-old Lea Haygood.…… MORE
GONZALEZ NATURAL GAS LEAK
A gas leak from a broken main in Gonzalez in Escambia County closed the area around the intersection of Old Chemstrand Road and Highway 95A yesterday afternoon after a backhoe struck a natural gas line just before 2 p.m. A cloud of gas was visibly leaking from the line near the railroad tracks and CSX…… MORE
SANTA ROSA COUNTY SCHOOLS LOCKED DOWN
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Department said Avalon Middle School and Benny Russell Elementary were placed on lockdown for a time yesterday after information was received that a student overheard another saying there was a weapon at the school. One person was questioned about the incident and the lockdown was lifted from both schools around…… MORE
