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NAVY FEDERAL LAND OFFER
Navy Federal Credit Union has submitted an updated offer of just under 4.2 million dollars and is promising 300 new jobs for 96 acres of the OLF 8 property owned by Escambia County on Nine Mile Road. ...
May 06, 2019
FORMER FIREFIGHTER TRAINEE ARRESTED
A former volunteer firefighter trainee has been arrested in Alabama for stealing a brush truck from the Walnut Hill Station of Escambia Fire Rescue. He is accused of taking the truck the night of Apri...
May 06, 2019
CANCER BENEFITS LAW
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a law that will provide cancer benefits for firefighters, joining 45 other states that currently provide cancer benefits to first responders. While treatment f...
May 06, 2019
FLORIDA HEMP PROGRAM
The Florida Legislature has passed a bill establishing a state hemp program. The vote comes after the 2018 federal Farm Bill removed prohibitions on industrial hemp in place since 1937 and authorized ...
May 06, 2019
WALTON COUNTY PEDESTRIAN FATALITY
The Florida Highway Patrol says a 25-year-old pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run in Walton County yesterday morning on Highway 331 in Freeport. Troopers say Jacob Dixon was standing in the road wh...
May 06, 2019
ACCUSED CHILD ABUSER HOSPITALIZED
A Pensacola man accused of torturing his girlfriend’s 2-year-old child with a shock collar and other implements was rushed from the Escambia County Jail to a hospital late Wednesday night after ...
May 03, 2019
PENSACOLA ATTORNEY SUSPENDED
The Florida Supreme Court of Florida has suspended a Pensacola attorney for one year for failing to diligently represent or communicate with his client. The suspension of Eugene Polk, is effective 30 ...
May 03, 2019
FIRE CHIEF RESCINDS RESIGNATION
Escambia County's fire chief has rescinded his resignation. Rusty Nail submitted his resignation to be effective on June 1st, but in a letter to Interim County Administrator Amy Lovoy on Tuesday, Nail...
May 01, 2019
DELAYED TRAFFIC FATALITY
The Florida Highway Patrol says a second person has died following a traffic crash on Easter Sunday. Troopers say Nelson Riley died Sunday afternoon when Marie Simpkins failed to stop at a red light a...
May 01, 2019
COCAINE SMUGGLERS SENTENCED
Two Army soldiers have been sentenced to federal prison for conspiring to smuggle cocaine on military planes from Columbia to Eglin Air Force Base. 36-year-old Daniel Gould, of Crestview, and 36-year-...
May 01, 2019
Sat Sep 12
This Afternoon
88°FHighWind/Dir: 10 MPH-SW
Precipitation: 29%
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Southwest wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
78°FLowWind/Dir: 5 MPH-W
Precipitation: 29%
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 78. West wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sun Sep 13
Day
90°FHighWind/Dir: 0 MPH-W
Precipitation: 25%
A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Heat index values as high as 106. West wind 0 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Night
78°FLowWind/Dir: 5 MPH-W
Precipitation: 16%
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 78. West wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Mon Sep 14
Day
91°FHighWind/Dir: 5 MPH-NW
Precipitation: 8%
Sunny, with a high near 91. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
Night
79°FLowWind/Dir: 0 MPH-W
Precipitation: 8%
Mostly clear, with a low around 79. West wind 0 to 5 mph.
Tue Sep 15
Day
91°FHighWind/Dir: 5 MPH-E
Precipitation: 3%
Sunny, with a high near 91. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
Night
79°FLowWind/Dir: 5 MPH-E
Precipitation: 11%
Mostly clear, with a low around 79. East wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Wed Sep 16
Day
90°FHighWind/Dir: 10 MPH-E
Precipitation: 11%
Sunny, with a high near 90. East wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Night
76°FLowWind/Dir: 10 MPH-E
Precipitation: 5%
Mostly clear, with a low around 76.
Thu Sep 17
Day
89°FHighWind/Dir: 10 MPH-E
Precipitation: 5%
Sunny, with a high near 89.
Night
77°FLowWind/Dir: 5 MPH-NE
Precipitation: 17%
A slight chance of rain showers after 1am. Mostly clear, with a low around 77. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Fri Sep 18
Day
89°FHighWind/Dir: 10 MPH-E
Precipitation: 37%
A chance of rain showers before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Sunny, with a high near 89. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Night
77°FLowWind/Dir: 5 MPH-E
Precipitation: 37%
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7pm and 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 77.
