The Fort Walton Beach Police Department and the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office are investigating two shootings that left two people dead yesterday. The first happened around 1 p.m. on Walter Martin Road, in a building housing a law firm and an insurance office, and took the life of an unidentified woman. A short time later…… MORE
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SOUTHTOWNE SOLD
Studer Properties has sold the downtown Pensacola apartment development known as Southtowne for almost 61 million dollars to Stone Point Capital LLC out of Greenwich, Connecticut. The 258-unit, 50-million dollar apartment complex, opened last year and was listed for sale in July. It was built with construction loans personally guaranteed by Quint and Rishy Studer,…… MORE
SCHOOL BUS DRIVER’S AIDE ARRESTED
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Department says a school bus driver’s aide has been arrested for showing photos of naked men to young female students during a bus ride home from school. An 11-year-old girl told her parents on October 8th that 35-year-old Jessica Wylie sat next to her and another fifth-grade girl on their…… MORE
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE REBUILDING
This year’s federal defense budget has allocated more than 1.5 billion dollars for emergency construction projects at Tyndall Air Force Base in Bay County that was heavily damaged by Hurricane Michael in October of last year. Prior to the hurricane, Tyndall had hosted two squadrons of F-22 Raptor fighter jets. Plans now call for the…… MORE
FLORIDA GAS PRICES
Florida drivers paid a little less at the gas pump last week with the average price per gallon of regular unleaded gasoline down 6 cents. The state average was at $2.46, 8 cents per gallon more than last month, and 16 cents more than this time last year.… MORE
LOW-NICOTINE CIGARETTES
U.S. health officials have endorsed a type of cigarette that will deliver very low levels of nicotine to help smokers overcome their addiction. The Food and Drug Administration say the cigarettes contain 95% less nicotine, but while the new products are safer than regular cigarettes, there are no safe tobacco products and smoking remains the…… MORE
CITY OF PENSACOLA CYBERATTACK UPDATE
The city of Pensacola is spending $140,000 to hire a company to evaluate the extent of a cyberattack that began December 7th and crippled the city’s computer systems for several days. Mayor Grover Robinson said an audit will determine how the attack happened and what the city should do next. City officials confirmed the attack…… MORE
BLUE ANGELS 2020 SHOW SEASON
The schedule for the Blue Angels 2020 air show is out and it will be the last season the team flies the F/A-18 Hornet. In 2021, the team’s 75th anniversary season, the Blues will start flying the F/A-18 Super Hornet. It is the first change in aircraft since they transitioned from the A-4 Skyhawk to…… MORE
S.T. ENGINEERING EXPANSION
Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson announced that construction is set to begin this summer for the 210 million-dollar construction project to expand ST Engineering facility at the Pensacola International Airport. Four new aircraft maintenance hangars will bring more than 1,300 jobs to the facility. The project is funded by state and federal economic development programs, with…… MORE
CHILD PORN ARREST
Pensacola Police say a 20-year-old woman has been arrested for possession of child pornography. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children provided information to Pensacola Police hat linked Katie Gibbons to a Tumblr account that contained more than 700 images of underage children engaging in sexual activity. The Police Department, the Escambia County Sheriff’s…… MORE
