Officials with the City of Pensacola say the ongoing cyberattack against the city is a ransomware attack, but have not released details about any potential demands for money. Other Florida cities have paid out hundreds of thousands of dollars to recover encrypted data in similar attacks. City spokesperson Kaycee Lagarde said some limited email service…… MORE
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TRAINING FOR SAUDI STUDENTS HALTED
The Pensacola News Journal is reporting that training has been suspended for more than 300 Saudi Arabian students at three Navy bases in Florida following the deadly shooting by a Saudi Air Force officer on Friday at NAS Pensacola. The Navy said classroom training will start again this week, and flight training for other students…… MORE
WINGS OF GOLD AWARDED
The Navy has posthumously awarded Wings of Gold to the three Sailors killed during the shooting at the Pensacola Naval Air Station last week. Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly proclaimed Ensign Joshua Watson as a naval aviator, and Airman Mohammed Haitham and Airman Apprentice Cameron Walters as naval aircrewmen. Vice Admiral DeWolfe Miller…… MORE
TATE HIGH PLACED ON LOCKDOWN
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office says Tate High School was placed a precautionary lockdown for a time yesterday morning. Major Andrew Hobbs said deputies were attempting to arrest a suspect on a warrant for domestic violence in the area near the school when the suspect fled, but did not run onto the campus. The lockdown…… MORE
CRESTVIEW SCHOOLS LOCKDOWN
The Crestview Police Department said Northwood Elementary/ Richbourg School and Bob Sikes Elementary, were placed on precautionary lockdown after reports were received of a man shooting a gun in the wooded area at the end of Panama Drive. Responding officers got a description of the person and a short time later a deputy tried to…… MORE
FORMER CHAMBER PRESIDENT SENTENCED
The former President of the Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce has been sentenced to three years in prison and ten years probation for stealing over $77,000 from the Chamber from November 2012 to September 2017. Valerie Lott was arrested in August 2018 for fraud and pleaded no contest to the charge. She was accused of…… MORE
NAS SHOOTING UPDATE
Five of the eight people injured in Friday’s deadly shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola have been released from the hospital. The three remaining injured are in stable condition. Three aviation students were killed in the attack, as was the shooter, and the FBI says the shooting is being investigated as an act of terrorism.…… MORE
CITY OF PENSACOLA CYBERATTACK
Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson said the city of Pensacola’s computer communication systems are undergoing a cyberattack. He said the attack began around 1:45 a.m. Saturday and has continued and has affected phones and email. Robinson said the city’s online pay systems has been affected by the cyberattack, and authorities are still evaluating if any personal…… MORE
MURDER ARREST
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office says a 25-year-old Pace man has been arrested for stabbing another man to death with a pocket knife. Deputies were dispatched to a home in the 5300 block of Avenida De Golf in Pace on a report of a disturbance and found 38-year-old Tommy Jimenez with a stab wound…… MORE
WINNING FANTASY FIVE TICKET
A winning lottery ticket sold in Pensacola is worth over $90,000. It matched all five numbers in Thursday’s Fantasy 5 drawing. The numbers are 5, 19, 26, 32, and 36. The ticket was sold at the Tom Thumb on Pensacola Boulevard and is worth $94,200.32.… MORE
