A U.S. Supreme Court decision expanding the ability of states to pull in tax dollars from online purchases could have a significant impact in Florida. The ruling reversed a 1992 court decision that said that online retailers could only be required to collect sales taxes if they had stores in states. Consumers were supposed to…… MORE
Yearly Archives: 2018
SANTA ROSA COUNTY TRAFFIC FATALITY
The Florida Highway Patrol says a 76-year-old Milton man was killed after his pickup was rear-ended by a semi-truck in Santa Rosa County yesterday. Troopers say Jimmy Berger was driving a pickup east on Interstate 10 at mile-marker 22 when he had to suddenly reduce speed due to traffic congestion and was struck by the…… MORE
SANTA ROSA COUNTY DEATH INVESTIGATION
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office says a dead body was found at a store in East Milton. The body was discovered last night at the Dollar General on Highway 90. No information has been released about the person’s identity or the cause of death other than there are no indications of foul play. The…… MORE
DRUG OVERDOSE SENTENCE
A 25-year-old Ft. Walton Beach woman has pleaded guilty to manslaughter for her role in a fatal drug overdose of a Shalimar man. On October 3, 2015, 36-year-old Chad Beezley of Shalimar was found dead from a heroin overdose inside his home. Investigators determined that Darian Caldwell supplied the drugs that killed him. Caldwell was…… MORE
DESTIN WALMART EVACUATED
The Walmart in Destin was evacuated and closed for about an hour last night because of a broken pipe in the store. Destin Fire Department Battalion Chief Mark Hutchinson said a refrigerant line in the deli section broke around 7 p.m. Firefighters were dispatched to the store and Okaloosa County sheriff’s deputies helped direct traffic.…… MORE
CANTONMENT SHOOTING
Deputies responded to a report of shots fired in the 500 block of Irene Lane, just north of Muscogee Road, in Cantonment around 10:30 p.m. last night. The victim told deputies said someone knocked on his door and when he opened it someone shot him in the stomach. He was transported by Escambia County EMS…… MORE
IMMIGRATION POLICY PROTEST
A non-violent protest will be held today at the Martin Luther King Jr. monument on Palafox Street in Pensacola to call for change to the White House’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy that separates children from their families. The event is hosted by the Santa Rosa County Florida Democratic Executive committee, the North West Florida Small…… MORE
SMOKABLE MARIJUANA COURT RULING
The 1st District Court of Appeals has refused to lift a stay on a Tallahassee judge’s ruling that would allow patients to smoke medical marijuana if their doctors approve it. The decision means that patients will continue to be barred from legally smoking medical marijuana for the foreseeable future while the legal challenges continue. The…… MORE
PENSACOLA BEACH DROWNING
Pensacola Beach Lifeguards say five people have been hospitalized and a sixth has died after a water rescue at Pensacola Beach yesterday afternoon. Around 3:30pm lifeguards and Escambia Fire-Rescue units responded to a report of numerous people in difficulty in the Gulf near Avenida 11 and Ariola Drive on Pensacola Beach. One of the individuals…… MORE
PANAMA CITY BEACH DROWNINGS
Two swimmers, including a teenager, died after being pulled from the surf in separate incidents in Panama City Beach yesterday. Fifteen-year-old Tyler Spann from Lexington, Tennessee was pronounced dead at the hospital after he was found unresponsive by Beach and Surf Patrol behind Bikini Beach Resort at around 1:30 p.m. Less than three hours later…… MORE
