The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps are establishing new rules addressing personal firearms use. Foreign students will be banned from buying, possessing, storing, or selling guns, components or ammunition and will have to agree to the new rules or risk getting kicked out of the U.S. Adult family members traveling with them will also have…… MORE
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MAY BROTHERS TO RUN AGAINST EACH OTHER
Escambia County District 3 County Commissioner Lumon May will have some opposition when he runs for reelection this year…His brother. LuTimothy May – the longtime pastor of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church – filed his paperwork with the Escambia County Supervisor of Elections Monday evening to run for the seat. Lumon May has been the District…… MORE
INDECENT EXPOSURE ARREST
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Department says an 81-year old Cantonment man has been arrested for exposing himself to two of his neighbors. One victim said she was in her backyard when Harvey Brewton exposed himself to her. Another neighbor told deputies that Brewton had exposed himself to her multiple times. Brewton was booked into the…… MORE
PENSACOLA POLICE OFFICER DIES
After a long battle with a rare form of brain cancer, Pensacola Police Officer Stephen Grogan passed away at his home yesterday morning with his family by his side. He was first diagnosed in 2017 and underwent multiple rounds of chemotherapy and radiation treatments. He was a U.S. Marine combat veteran when he joined the…… MORE
CORONAVIRUS TREATMENT
The first clinical trial in the U.S. of a possible coronavirus treatment is underway in Nebraska and is eventually expected to include 400 patients at 50 locations around the world. Half the patients will receive an antiviral medicine while the other half will receive a placebo. Patients who are hospitalized with the coronavirus will be…… MORE
FOUND REVOLVER
A Fort Walton Beach man – using a metal detector – found a handgun that had been buried in Ferry Park. Jason Harwell said he and his 3-year-old daughter were in the park when he found the gun buried 4 to 5 inches deep in the ground. Fort Walton Police said the gun was a…… MORE
ESCAMBIA COUNTY SHOOTING
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that occurred yesterday afternoon near the intersection of Sunnehanna Boulevard and Westchester Drive off East Nine Mile Road. The preliminary investigation seems to indicate the person was shot in the course of a home invasion during an exchange of gunfire. The wounded person was dropped off…… MORE
INVALID HOMESTEAD EXAMPTIONS
Escambia County Property Appraiser Chris Jones says his office is working to collect back property taxes and a Louisiana-based company has been hired to assist. The company will use high-tech tools to track down invalid homestead exemptions and collect what is rightfully due, plus penalties and interest. Unpaid taxes for an invalid homestead exemption can…… MORE
SEXUAL OFFENDER ARRESTED
A 64-year-old Santa Rosa County man has been arrested in Baldwin County Alabama on child sex offenses he’s accused of committing in 2014 while living in Daphne, Alabama. The victim, who was 9-years-old at the time, told law enforcement about the offenses in late 2019. David McCurley of Pace, is charged with 1st-degree sodomy homosexual…… MORE
WORKER IN DESTIN FATAL ACCIDENT IDENTIFIED
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Department has identified the worker who died after falling from the top of a 16-story condo in Destin Saturday afternoon. Several witnesses told deputies they saw 38-year old Robert Lafayette of Crestview fall, but did not see what caused the accident. Lafayette was part of a roofing crew working on top…… MORE
