An Escambia County Sheriff’s deputy was injured in a traffic crash early Saturday morning. The Florida Highway Patrol said Deputy Bambi Sellars was driving her marked cruiser eastbound on Olive Road about 6:20 a.m. with the lights and sirens activated. As she attempted to pass a car near driven by 28-year-old Dorianne Dewitte, the car…… MORE
Yearly Archives: 2018
LEGAL AND ILLEGAL FIREWORKS
With Independence Day just two days away law enforcement agencies across the Sunshine State remind residents that most fireworks are illegal in Florida. Of course, that doesn’t stop many people from Northwest Florida from going to Alabama where fireworks are legal to stock up for July 4th. In Florida, almost any kind of firework that…… MORE
NEW LAWS IN FLORIDA
Florida lawmakers sent 195 bills to Governor Rick Scott from the session that ended in March. The governor vetoed two, and signed the rest and 105 of them took effect yesterday with the rest effective in October or in 2019. They include an 88.7 billion dollar budget for the 2018-2019 fiscal year, which increases public-school…… MORE
FT. WALTON BEACH POLICE CHIEF RESIGNS
The Northwest Florida Daily News is reporting that Fort Walton Beach Police Chief Edward Ryan has resigned rather than accept being placed on administrative leave. Twelve complaints against Chief Ryan and Captain Tracy Hart, have been filed by Police Officer Don Hall including gender and racial discrimination, mishandling arrest procedures and theft of taxpayer dollars.…… MORE
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT RESIGNATION ASKED
In an editorial published yesterday the Northwest Florida Daily News is calling for Okaloosa County School Superintendent Mary Beth Jackson to resign. An Okaloosa County grand jury report made public Friday said that Jackson will not be indicted on criminal charges. However, the grand jury continues to lack confidence in her abilities to serve as…… MORE
DAY CAR DRIVER ACQUITTED
A 27-year-old driver for a day care center has been acquitted of charges of aggravated manslaughter for his role in leaving a 3-year-old in a hot van. Cornel McGee was facing one count of aggravated manslaughter of a child by culpable negligence in the death of Jai’Nier Barnes in August of 2017. McGee, was the…… MORE
ACCESSORY TO HIT-AND-RUN DRIVE ARRESTED
Police have arrested a 20-year-old Pensacola man for helping the suspect in a fatal hit-and-run evade law enforcement. Tadrian Rushing is charged with being an accessory after the fact for assisting Markquise Wallace avoid capture. Wallace has been identified as the driver in a deadly hit-and-run which occurred June 6th at “M” and Cervantes streets…… MORE
UBER DRIVER MURDER ARREST
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged a former taxi cab operator with an open count of murder for the weekend death of an Uber driver on Okaloosa Island. 29-year-old Filip Kirilov was found dead inside his van Sunday morning in the intersection of Nautilus Court and Porpoise Street. He had been shot multiple times.…… MORE
SCUBA DIVING REGULATOR RECALL
Scuba diving regulators are being recalled because they may be a drowning hazard. Huish Outdoors is recalling about 4,500 regulators after the Consumer Product Safety Commission said the regulators can restrict airflow at tank pressures below 500 pounds per square inch. The regulators were sold nationwide from October 2017 to June 2018 under the brand…… MORE
EASTPOINT FIRE CAUSED BY A PRESCRIBED BURN
Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam says his office has determined the wildfire that devastated Eastpoint in Franklin County Sunday night was caused by a prescribed burn ordered by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. No explanation has been given about how the prescribed burn, which was being conducted by a company contracted by the FWC…… MORE
