The Florida Highway Patrol says a Port St. Joe man was killed in a head-on wreck on Highway 98 in Mexico Beach on Saturday. Troopers say the 61-year-old man – whose name has not yet been released – was driving his pickup west on Highway 98 at 19th Street about 2:15pm when he crossed the…… MORE
Yearly Archives: 2018
FLORIDA PRISON VISITATION
The Florida Department of Corrections is being criticized by family members of inmates because of their proposal to cut prison visitation in half at facilities under certain conditions. The department has been phasing in multimedia kiosks that would allow emails and video calling – at a significant cost to friends and families. J-Pay, a Florida-based…… MORE
RARE PLANT FOUND
A rare plant was recently discovered in the Blackwater River State Forest. Craig Iversen, forest ecology supervisor for Blackwater, says a new population of American chaffseed has been found. Chaffseed is a federally listed endangered species and once was found throughout 15 Southeastern and Eastern states but now is limited to five states. This new…… MORE
CARJACK SUSPECTS IDENTIFIED
Pensacola Police have identified the two suspects they believe committed an armed carjacking in Pensacola last week and then continued their crime spree in South Florida. They are: 31-year-old Lessie Proctor, and 19-year-old Annastasia Coenen. They are originally from Wisconsin but had been living in Pensacola for about a year. They car-jacked a red Hyundai…… MORE
GULF POWER FINED
The State of Florida has fined the Gulf Power company for operating an unlined coal ash landfill. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection issued a consent order to Gulf Power in January, fining the company $32,500 for the violation and ordering it to develop a four-year plan to address problems with the landfill and to…… MORE
SEARS STORE TO CLOSE
The Pensacola News Journal is reporting that the Sears store in University Town Plaza will close in July, but the Sears Outlet store in the Pensacola Square Shopping Center will remain open, as will the Sears Hometown store in Milton. The Sears Holding Corporation has closed around 400 Sears and K-Mart stores nationwide in the…… MORE
SUICIDE RATES
A new report from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Florida’s suicide rate increased almost 11 percent from 1999 to 2016. Nationally, the report showed a 25.4 percent increase during the period, with only Nevada seeing a decrease in its suicide rate. With nearly 45,000 suicides across the country in 2016, the…… MORE
HIT AND RUN FATALITIES
The Pensacola Police Department is investigating a hit and run incident at Cervantes and “M”” Street last night that left two people dead. Officer Mike Wood, a spokesman for the Police Department said the driver of the vehicle hit three pedestrians; two adults and a baby, killing one adult and the 7-month-old baby. Police are…… MORE
GENERAL CHAPPIE JAMES MUSEUM
A museum honoring a legendary Pensacola airman will hold its grand opening today at 10am. The General Daniel “Chappie” James Museum and Flight Academy honors America’s first African-American four-star general. The opening ceremony starts at 10 a.m. today at 1608 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and the public is invited to attend.… MORE
FISH HOUSE PROPERTY MAY BE SOLD
The Pensacola News Journal is reporting the city of Pensacola may sell the Fish House property in downtown Pensacola to the company that currently leases it. The Fish House’s parent company, Great Southern Restaurant Company subleases its location through Merrill Land LLC, which is owned by Collier Merrill. Merrill Land subleases its position from Seville…… MORE
