Auditions for the TV show, Family Feud will take place in Atmore, Alabama, on Saturday and Sunday, September 15th and 16th. Auditions are at the Wind Creek Casino & Hotel in Atmore and you must make an appointment in advance. To be eligible to compete on the show, you must have five family members related…… MORE
Yearly Archives: 2018
MEDICAL MARIJUANA APPEAL
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office has filed a 57-page brief arguing that the 1st District Court of Appeal should uphold a decision by the Legislature to ban the smoking of medical marijuana. The brief challenges a May ruling by Leon County Circuit Judge Karen Gievers, who said the smoking ban violates a 2016 constitutional…… MORE
PENSACOLA CITY ADMINISTRATOR RESIGNS
Pensacola City Administrator Eric Olson has resigned. Mayor Ashton Hayward’s office made the announcement Friday afternoon through a press release. Assistant City Administrator Keith Wilkins will replace Olson as city administrator through the end of Mayor Hayward’s term. After retiring from the Navy Olson was hired as the assistant city administrator, and became city administrator…… MORE
OKALOOSA REPUBLICAN CHAIRMAN
Mark Franks, the Chairman of the Okaloosa County Republican Executive Committee, said he was kicked out of Congressman Matt Gaetz’s rally last Thursday night. Franks said a staff member told him the Congressman would like him to leave the rally, but would not say why. In a statement Congressman Gaetz disputed Franks’ assertion that Gaetz…… MORE
SOUTH FLORIDA WATER QUALITY PROBLEM
Ongoing water-quality problems across South Florida have caused Governor Rick Scott to order more action to del with red tide in coastal communities. Scott directed the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to mobilize all available resources to address impacts in Southwest Florida. U.S. Senator Bill Nelson is…… MORE
CYBER-STALKING LAW
Legislation to increase criminal penalties for stalkers, including cyber-stalkers, who target minors under the age of 18 has been introduced in Congress. The bill – known as the Combat Online Predators Act – would allow federal judges to add up to five additional years of imprisonment to a convicted stalker’s sentence if their victim is…… MORE
FLORIDA STUDENT FINANCIAL AID
Florida Medallion Scholars will benefit as the state expands financial aid for university and state college students. 46,000 medallion scholars will have their Bright Futures scholarships increased to cover 75-percent of tuition and fees, up from about 50-percent coverage. Tuition and fees average more than $210 per credit hour at the larger state universities. The…… MORE
TEACHERS TERMINATED
Teachers across the state of Florida are losing their jobs as a result of the recently revised Florida Teacher Certification Exam. That’s a licensing exam mandated by the state that new or temporary teachers must pass to become certified. Existing teachers are required to pass the test every five years. Teachers are tested in reading,…… MORE
MOTION TO SUPPRESS CONFESSION
The 39-year-old Alabama sex offender accused of murdering 12-year-old Pensacola girl Naomi Jones wants his confession suppressed at trial because it was coerced. Robert Howard, of Brewton, Alabama, is charged with premeditated first-degree murder in the girl’s death. Her remains were recovered from a creek on June 5th. The Public Defender who is representing Howard…… MORE
ESCAMBIA BAY BODY RECOVERY
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said the body of a 70-year-old Cantonment man was recovered around 9:30 yesterday morning in Escambia Bay. Donald Helton was fishing with a 15-year-old passenger in a 17-foot boat when he fell off and could not be found. An FWC aviation unit spotted Helton’s body near the Escambia…… MORE
