77 candidates have applied for the Escambia County fire chief job in Escambia County. Local candidates Ferry Pass District Fire Chief Michael Aaron, Molino District Fire Chief Anthony Manning, current Pensacola Fire Chief David Allen, former Pensacola Fire Chief Matt Schmitt and former Pensacola Deputy Fire Chief Joseph Glover and current County Fire-Rescue lieutenants Daniel…… MORE
Yearly Archives: 2018
SENATOR GREG EVERS MEMORIAL
Governor Rick Scott sighed a bill Friday naming a stretch of road in Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties as “Senator Greg Evers Memorial Highway.” The 62-year-old Evers, died last summer in a single-vehicle car-crash near his home in Okaloosa County. The memorial designation is for part of State Road 4 between Munson Highway and State…… MORE
BLUE ANGELS PRACTICE
Practices this week are from 9-10 a.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and last about an hour. Practices are free and open to the public. The outside viewing area for the Blue Angels practice is on the museum flight Line north of the museum. Signs are posted to direct visitors to viewing and parking…… MORE
HOLMES COUNTY DEPUTY-INVOLVED COLLISION
The Florida Highway Patrol says 85-year-old woman died after her vehicle was struck by a Holmes County Sheriff’s Office marked patrol car with its emergency lights on. Troopers say 20-year-old Deputy Sheriff Zachary Neitsch, was westbound on Thomas Drive with his emergency lights on and siren activated when Mellie Marell, of Bonifay, failed to yield…… MORE
COUNTY FIRE CHIEF APPLICANTS
77 candidates have applied for the Escambia County fire chief job in Escambia County. Local candidates Ferry Pass District Fire Chief Michael Aaron, Molino District Fire Chief Anthony Manning, current Pensacola Fire Chief David Allen, former Pensacola Fire Chief Matt Schmitt and former Pensacola Deputy Fire Chief Joseph Glover and current County Fire-Rescue lieutenants Daniel…… MORE
BLUE ANGELS PRACTICE
Practices this week are from 9-10 a.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and last about an hour. Practices are free and open to the public. The outside viewing area for the Blue Angels practice is on the museum flight Line north of the museum. Signs are posted to direct visitors to viewing and parking…… MORE
F-35 SPARE PARTS PROBLEM
Congressman Matt Gaetz says problems with acquiring spare parts for the F-35 Lightning could jeopardize pilot training. Gaetz said unless the problem is solved quickly pilot training could be negatively affected. U.S. Senator Marco Rubio’s staff recently met with the commander of the 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin Air Force Base to discuss the maintenance…… MORE
DRONES SMUGGLING PRISON CONTRABAND
The Florida Department of Corrections says drones are being used to smuggle illegal items behind prison walls. Authorities are investigating two confirmed drone drops at Florida prisons in the last 30 days. One of those drops was discovered at a Northwest Florida prison after correctional officers spotted the drone, which was delivering a cellphone and…… MORE
COP KILLER DENIED PAROLE
A man who killed a Pensacola Police officer more than 35 years ago has been denied parole by the Florida Commission on Offender Review. 53-year-old Cliff Jackson, and his co-defendant, Clarence Hill, held up the Freedom Savings and Loan in downtown Pensacola on October 19th, 1982, and shot police officers Stephen Taylor and Larry Bailey.…… MORE
ROBBERY SUSPECT ID’d
The suspect in the armed robbery of the Walgreens at Nine Mile and Pine Forest Roads has been identified. He is 32-year old David P. or Davis Vaughn, who is also wanted for an officer-involved shooting in Boone County, Kentucky. A Kentucky deputy fired at Vaughn on Monday when he drove toward deputies after they…… MORE
