The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office says a 48-year-old teacher at Meigs Middle School has been arrested on charges of soliciting and engaging in lewd behavior with a 13-year-old female student. Joseph Sparks, was booked into the Okaloosa County Jail and is being held on no bond. Sparks was said to have been sending and receiving…… MORE
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ARMED ROBBERY ARREST
An Atmore, Alabama man – arrested for a weekend convenience store armed robbery in Atmore – has now been named a suspect in the December 4th robbery of the Dollar General store at 4818 Mobile Highway in west Escambia County. 25-year-old Thomas McNeal, was booked into the Escambia County Alabama Detention Center in Brewton for…… MORE
STATE LOOKING AT GUN LAWS
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says they are looking at ways that would have prevented a Saudi national from obtaining a Florida hunting license and legally buying the handgun he used to kill three people last week at the Pensacola Naval Air Station. Mohammed Alshamrani, who was killed by an Escambia County Sheriff’s…… MORE
FLORIDA-GEORGIA WATER WAR DECISION
A federal judge has ruled in favor of the State of Georgia in the longstanding legal battle with Florida over water consumption from rivers shared by the states. The two states have been arguing over Georgia’s use of water from the Chattahoochee and Flint rivers that serve Atlanta and southern Georgia’s farms before flowing into…… MORE
ESCAMBIA COUNTY DEPUTY SHOT
An Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputy was shot Wednesday afternoon while responding to a call in the 400 block of Limerick Lane off of Chemstrand Road yesterday afternoon. Around 1:30 p.m., deputies were responding to a call about a suicide threat and the suspect – identified as 41-year-old Daniel Hux – opened fired on the…… MORE
WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA
The annual Wreaths Across America event at Barrancas National Cemetery on the Naval Air Station will still take place this Saturday, but with additional security restrictions. The event is normally open to the public, but this year it will only be open to Department of Defense ID cardholders and to groups and organizations previously approved.…… MORE
WEST CERVANTES STREET SAFETY
The Florida Department of Transportation has made changes to the project that will make safety improvements to West Cervantes Street. FDOT officials say the pedestrian barrier that was to run 8,800 feet of the 2.25-mile project has been reduced by 68% to 2,800 feet. Other changes include adding 18 more crosswalks, and 13 more openings…… MORE
“KEEP THE WREATH GREEN” UPDATE
The third and fourth red bulbs have been placed on the “Keep the Wreath Green” fire safety wreath, representing four total residential structure fires so far this December. The third fire this month occurred in the 800 block of Nantes Way on Friday, December 6th . The fourth fire happened in the 4000 block of…… MORE
FLORIDA CIVICS REQUIREMENT
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis wants to add a civics test requirement to Florida’s education system. The test will be implemented by next school year. In January, DeSantis issued an executive order calling for a complete overhaul of Florida’s education standards, which included eliminating Common Core, a set of education standards from 2010. DeSantis said passing…… MORE
BAY COUNTY TRAFFIC FATALITY
The Florida Highway Patrol says a 46-year-old woman from Apopka Florida was killed after the pickup she was riding in crashed into an unoccupied motor home in Bay County. It happened on County Road 2301, south of the intersection of Commander Lane. The driver, 56-year-old Rodney Odom, of Youngstown, suffered minor injuries, but his passenger…… MORE
