A suspicious item found inside a checked bag at Pensacola International Airport caused the airport to be shut down for several hours yesterday morning. Pensacola Police Department Public Information Officer Officer Mike Wood said a TSA agent located the cylindrical device inside luggage around 6:30 a.m. The device was taken away from the terminal area…… MORE
Yearly Archives: 2018
DEPUTY-INVOLVED SHOOTING
The Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office says one man is dead and a deputy injured after a confrontation yesterday in Midway. Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson said deputies responded to a report of a burglary in progress in the 2000 Block of Brightwater Drive. The arriving deputy was attacked by the suspect and was shot…… MORE
CANTONMENT PEDESTRIAN FATAL
The Florida Highway Patrol says a 34-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed Monday night on East Kingsfield Road near Majestic Drive. Troopers say Jason Strother, age of Cantonment, was walking east on East Kingsfileld was he was hit by a car driven by 41-year old Patrick Bell of Cantonment about 9:15 p.m., according to the Florida…… MORE
CAR IN SWIMMING POOL
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said a car ended up in an unusual location yesterday…at the bottom of a swimming pool. Deputies said a woman got out of her car at Emerald Towers on Sundial Court, but did not place the vehicle in park and it continued driving and ended up in the submerged in…… MORE
FOUND BODY
Pensacola Police say a man’s body was found in Pensacola Bay yesterday. Department spokesperson Officer Mike Wood said someone walking along the waterline found the body around 2pm and alerted authorities. The body is that of a white male in his 30s and no signs of trauma were seen. The body has been taken to…… MORE
CRIS DOSEV TO RUN AGAINST GAETZ
Cris Dosev has announced he will be running against incumbent Congressman Matt Gaetz in the Republican primary in August. Dosev has collected the required number of signatures to have his name placed on the ballot. Dosev, a Marine veteran and real estate developer, came in 3rd in 2016 with almost 21 percent of the vote…… MORE
GULF COAST RAIL SERVICE
The 1.3 trillion omnibus bill signed by President Trump on Friday contains 20 million dollars for a grant program to restore or enhance passenger rail service and gives priority to restoring service on routes formerly operated by Amtrak. If the Gulf Coast line gets approval, the grant money could be used to help restore the…… MORE
PANAMA CITY POLICE OFFICER INVOLVED INVESTIGATION
Panama City Police Department Police Chief Scott Ervin confirmed a second off-duty law enforcement officer may have been involved in an incident during which a Panama City Beach Police corporal was arrested for pulling a gun on a man in the parking lot of the Shoppes at Edgewater earlier this month. Sergeant John Wray and…… MORE
SCHOOL DISTRICT SUNSHINE LAW VIOLATION
Henry Kelley, The former spokesman for the Okaloosa County School District’s director of community affairs, could be fined up to $500 for violating the Florida Sunshine Law. State Attorney Bill Eddins says Kelley has been charged with a noncriminal violation of the law, which governs the release of public records and the conduct of open…… MORE
VISITING SEALS
The Gulfarium Marine Adventure Park on Okaloosa Island will be receiving a group of harbor seals from an aquarium in Virginia early next month. The four harbor seals, named Peter, Piper, Hector and Rudder, will be just visiting for a time while their exhibit area at the Virginia Aquarium in Virginia Beach is undergoing renovation.…… MORE
