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CHILD NEGLECT ARREST
A 27-year-old woman has been charged with child neglect after leaving her three young children unattended in a car Friday night in the parking lot of the Dollar Tree store at 8992 Pensacola Boulevard....
May 06, 2019
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Escambia County's fire chief has rescinded his resignation.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
