After Governor Ron DeSantis declared a public health emergency in Florida after two people tested positive for coronavirus, the Florida Department of Health says 184 people are being monitored for the virus. The two people are from Manatee and Hillsborough counties. So far, the Coronavirus has sickened more than 89,000 people worldwide and claimed more…… MORE
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UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA QUARANTINE
Because of concerns about the spread of the coronavirus, a University of Florida study abroad program in Italy was cut short last week and 43 students and faculty members will be quarantined when they return to Gainesville. The group was part of the university’s architecture program in the northeast city of Vicenza. No one in…… MORE
SAMPLE BALLOTS MAILED
The Florida Presidential Preference Primary Election is Tuesday, March 17th. David Stafford, Escambia County Supervisor of Elections, says sample ballots are in the mail to Escambia County voters. The sample ballot, in both English and Spanish, includes a ballot image, the voter’s polling location and information on the three ways to vote: early, vote-by-mail, and…… MORE
GARCON POINT BRIDGE TOLL INCREASE
New tolls for the Garcon Point Bridge went into effect yesterday to comply with a recent court order. The toll for two-axle vehicles will increase 33% from $3.75 to $5.00, and the toll for each additional axle (over two axles) will be an additional $5.00 per axle. The Sun Pass toll rate will be $4.50…… MORE
PENSACON INVESTORS
Pensacola real estate developer Collier Merrill has confirmed that he and his two brothers have agreed to buy into Pensacon and become part owners alongside event founder and Chief Executive Officer Mike Ensley. The 7th annual Pensacon-Pensacola Comic Con, featuring hundreds of actors, artists, wrestlers, producers, and more, ended yesterday. Ensley said with his association…… MORE
CORONAVIRUS IN FLORIDA
The Florida Department of Health says three labs are now able to test for the coronavirus, which means results should be available in 24 to 48 hours instead of in three to five days. Governor Ron DeSantis said no cases of the virus have been reported in Florida so far, but four people who may…… MORE
FACE MASK SHORTAGE
The U.S. Surgeon General says people should stop buying face masks to protect themselves from the coronavirus. Dr. Jerome M. Adams, an anesthesiologist and vice admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service, says face masks are not effective in stopping the spread of the virus, but demand has caused a shortage of masks and if…… MORE
ESCAPED JUVENILES
Walton County Sheriff’s deputies are searching for three escaped teenagers from the Department of Juvenile Justice Facility on Gene Hurley Road. The three are identified as 14-year-old Dalarian Macks, a white male, 5’6, 140 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes, originally from Escambia County – 15-year-old Santonio Allen, a black male, 5’11, weighing 156…… MORE
POLICE OFFICER MEMORIAL SERVICE
The memorial service for Stephen Grogan, the Pensacola police officer who died Tuesday from brain cancer, will be held next week. The service is set for 12:30 p.m. Thursday, March 5th, at Olive Baptist Church at Olive Road and Davis Highway. A U.S. Marine Corps veteran, Grogan was first diagnosed in 2017 not long after…… MORE
INTERNATIONAL MILITARY STUDENT TRAINING
Flight students from the Saudi Arabian Military have resumed flight training at Naval Air Station Pensacola for the first time since the terrorist shooting in December. Three sailors were killed by a Saudi flight student who was then shot and killed by Escambia County Sheriff’s deputies. New regulations have been put in place prohibiting the…… MORE
