Eglin Air Force Base has moved into the second phase of a four-stage plan for recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and some non-mission-essential activities will resume. However, visitors still are not allowed on the base and health protection measures will continue to be implemented. At Hurlburt Field, the mission-essential requirements adopted March 31st will end…… MORE
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CASHIER ARRESTED
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Department says a 60-year-old woman has been arrested for stealing over $10,000 from the gas station where she worked. Monica Coronado was a cashier at the Sunoco Gas Station and is accused of stealing the money between September 2019 to March 2020. She would ring up customers, but void the transaction…… MORE
FLORIDA THEME PARKS TO REOPEN
Major theme parks in Florida are preparing to reopen after being closed for almost three months because of the coronavirus pandemic. Universal Orlando will reopen June 5th, SeaWorld Orlando on June 11th and Walt Disney World on July 11th. Disney said the company plans a phased reopening of the park, with the Magic Kingdom and…… MORE
NEW FISHING BOAT MANUFACTURING COMPANY
A vacant warehouse complex at the Port of Pensacola may be the site of a South Florida-based fishing boat manufacturing company. The Pensacola City Council will vote today on a 10-year lease for Streamline Boats out of Hialeah, Florida, which builds center-console fishing boats. Under the proposed lease, the company would pay $127,875 per year…… MORE
BLUE WAHOOS STADIUM SELLS OUT
It took one day for the Blue Wahoos Stadium to sell out all their Air-bnb reservations. The Blue Wahoos announced their stadium and home clubhouse would be available for an Airbnb reservation with exclusive access for up 10 people for $1,500 a night. There was a flood of inquiries and the ballpark is now booked…… MORE
PEDESTRIANS STRUCK IN NATIONAL SESHORE
The Florida Highway Patrol says a 36-year-old man and a two-year-old boy were hit by a car Tuesday night in the Gulf Island National Seashore near Pensacola Beach. Troopers say the two were getting into a car that was parked on the side of State Road 399 around 8:30 p.m. when an oncoming car swerved…… MORE
PANAMA CITY SHOOTING ARRESTS
The Bay County Sheriff’s Department says four people have been arrested on drug and child neglect charges as part of the investigation into a fatal shooting that happened Tuesday in Panama City. Investigators say 31-year-old Nathan Edwards broke through a glass door of the home and began attacking a woman. A man in his 70s,…… MORE
WALTON COUNTY BURN BANS LIFTED
Walton County Commissioners have voted to reinstate the permitting of beach bonfires and special events on the beach, effective immediately. That follows the lifting of the outdoor burning ban that was put in place after the Mussett Bayou fire burned 350 acres of South Walton County and destroyed 30 homes. Commissioner said local fire chiefs…… MORE
BODIES OF MISSING SWIMMERS RECOVERED
The bodies of those two missing swimmers from New Orleans have been recovered. 28-year-olf Ryan Guy and 22-year-old Darius Robinson were last seen clinging to a float in the Perdido Pass in Gulf Shores, Alabama on Sunday. A third swimmer – a 28-year-old woman – was found floating face-down and was taken to Sacred Heart…… MORE
GULF POWER REVENUES DOWN
Gulf Power says it received about 6 million dollars less in customer bill payments in April. About 2.1 million dollars is considered bad debt, 7 times the historical average for April which is usually about $300,000. The company anticipates the COVID-related bad debt expense will continue to increase. Like other utilities Gulf Power suspended electric-service…… MORE
