The National Wireless Emergency Alert System will be tested today and everyone in the country will receive an alert on their cell phone at the same time this afternoon. A short time later there will be an alert broadcast on television and radio stations. The test will happen at 1:18 p.m. Central Time, when phones…… MORE
Yearly Archives: 2018
MEDICAL EXAMINER EXTENDS CONTRACT
Doctor Andria Minyard, the District 1 Medical Examiner, has agreed to extend her existing contract for 60 more days. Okaloosa County has joined Escambia, Santa Rosa, and Walton counties in agreeing to pay Minyard professionals fees of $450,000 in a future contract. Dr. Minyard was criticized last spring for not opening up her books to…… MORE
PHS FOOTBALL COACH FIRED
Pensacola High School Principal David Williams says head football coach Mike Mincy has been fired. Williams said Mincy was fired from the school for lack of supervision in connection with an incident where several students are accused of assaulting a teammate. Four football players remain subject to removal from the school in connection to the…… MORE
WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL EVACUATED
Washington High School in Pensacola was evacuated because of a possible gas leak yesterday morning. According to Pensacola Police Department, and the City of Pensacola the School was evacuated after the smell of natural gas was reported. No gas leak was found and it was thought the smell came from roof work occurring at the…… MORE
TWO STUDENTS HIT BY VEHICLE
Pensacola Police Department say two students from East Hill Academy, a specialty school for students with autism, were hit by a van as they were crossing Garden Street at Donelson Street yesterday afternoon around 2pm. Police say the ninth grader and the seventh grader suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Department Spokesman Officer Mike Wood said it appears…… MORE
SOLDIER FACES DRUG-SMUGGLING CHARGES
An Army 7th Special Forces Group Airborne soldier goes on trial next month in U.S. District Court in Pensacola for conspiring to traffic cocaine. Master Sergeant Daniel Gould was charged with trying to smuggle 90 pounds of cocaine into Eglin Air Force Base, from Colombia. The cocaine was discovered after the bags were X-rayed by…… MORE
MEDICAL EXAMINER WILL STAY ON THE JOB
The Pensacola News Journal is reporting that First Judicial Circuit Medical Examiner Doctor Andrea Minyard will continue to perform her duties for the foreseeable future. Minyard’s contract expired at midnight Sunday, but her attorney said she was willing to work through November at her current contract rate. An ongoing salary dispute resulted in Minyard suing…… MORE
ESCAMBIA COUNTY COMMISSION RACE DECIDED
The Escambia County commission will soon have a new member. Robert Bender, running in District 4 to replace Grover Robinson who is running for Mayor of Pensacola, won the Republican primary in August with 27 percent of the vote. The primary was closed to non-Republican voters because of a write-in candidate. But that candidate, Leigh…… MORE
SOCIAL MEDIA SCHOOL THREAT ARREST
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office says a Pensacola Catholic High School student was arrested over the weekend for posting a threat of violence against the school on social media. 15-year-old Quanterrius Young was arrested Sunday night. The Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee said Young is no longer part of the school community and will not be returning…… MORE
FORT PICKENS ROAD FUTURE REPAIRS
Gulf Island National Seashore Superintendent Dan Brown said the next time Fort Pickens Road is destroyed by a storm, the federal government may decide not to repair it. Since Fort Pickens Road and Highway 399 were built the federal government has spent more than $50 million repairing them after a storm. However, Escambia County Commissioner…… MORE
