The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Department is asking the public for help in locating a missing teenager. 13-year-old Ericka Agurcia lives in Mary Esther and was last seen on Monday. If you know of her whereabouts, contact any law enforcement agency or call Emerald Coast Crime Stoppers at 850-863-TIPS.… MORE
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UWF CANCELS FOREIGN TRAVEL
Concerns about the coronavirus has caused the University of West Florida to suspend school-sponsored travel to five countries identified as hot spots for the virus. That includes business-related travel, study abroad programs, student exchange programs and faculty-led programs in China, Iran, Italy, Japan and South Korea. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identified…… MORE
FORMER MILTON MAYOR IN PRISON
The former head of United Way of Santa Rosa County and Milton Mayor Guy Thompson, is now in a federal prison in North Carolina. Thompson checked into the federal correctional institution in Granville County, North Carolina. Thompson was sentenced to four years and three months in prison. Prosecutors say he embezzled over $650,000 from the…… MORE
DOLPHIN DEATHS REWARD
The National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration’s Office of Law Enforcement and agency partners are offering a reward of up to $54,000 for information about the two recent dolphin deaths on Florida beaches. Both were shot and one was found in Naples in Central Florida and the other on Pensacola Beach. Anyone with information about the…… MORE
CHILD CUSTODY ARREST
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office says a 31-year-old DeFuniak Springs man has been arrested after being pulled over on Interstate-10 near mile marker 58 for a child custody investigation. The sheriff’s office said Zachery McKinney used an infant as a shield and refused to obey commands. He was taken into custody and transported to North…… MORE
CORONAVIRUS SUPPLIES SELLING FAST
Supplies of hand sanitizer and face masks are going fast at local stores and pharmacies in northwest Florida because of fears about the Coronavirus. Many stores have had to back-order face masks even though the U.S. Surgeon General has warned that masks are not very effective in preventing the virus. The Center for Disease Control…… MORE
HOTEL DEATH RULED ACCIDENTAL
The death of an Alabama woman who fell from a fourth-floor hotel balcony on Okaloosa Island back on August 25th, has been ruled accidental. Jonathan Hurd, who said he was the husband of Allie Cooper, told deputies she was very intoxicated and they had been arguing. He said she went out on the balcony only…… MORE
CONVICTED FELON ARRESTED FOR GUN POSSESSION
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office says a 30-year-old convicted felon from Century was caught on video pawning a firearm. It happened at Cash American Pawn on Mobile Highway, and Cu-shion Mitchell Mitchell provided her fingerprint, driver’s license, and signed a pawn form. She was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and…… MORE
ESCAPEES RECAPTURED
Those three teenagers who escaped from the Walton County Department of Juvenile Justice on Sunday have been recaptured. 16-years-olds, Franklin Banegas and Dalarian Macks, and 15-year-old Santonio Allen were apprehended by Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s deputies in a stolen truck after a short chase. Spike strips were deployed to stop the vehicle, and Macks was…… MORE
FLORIDA GAS PRICES
The Triple “A” Auto Club says Florida drivers may see gas prices continue go down. Stock market prices for crude oil and gasoline plummeted last week, amid concerns that the coronavirus will reduce global demand for products like jet fuel and gasoline. Florida gas prices declined 6 cents per gallon in the past week. The…… MORE
