The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office says a man was arrested yesterday after a high-speed chase that ended near Jackson Street and New Warrington Road. Deputies had made a traffic stop on a suspicious vehicle and got into an altercation with the deputy, got back into his vehicle, and drove off. At least one tire of…… MORE
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CAR HITS WHITING FIELD SIGN
The Florida Highway Patrol says a car hit a Whiting Field entrance monument yesterday on Highway 87 and ended up in a holding pond. Troopers say the driver went off the roadway and hit the monument before crashing into a nearby holding pond on Highway 87 near Langley Avenue. The monument was recently unveiled for…… MORE
FOUND RIFLE
A woman who bought a Baby Einstein bouncer at the Valparaiso Goodwill store for a baby shower gift was shocked to find a rifle was inside the box. It was discovered when the father-to-be opened the box at the shower in Crestview. It was a Mossberg 715-T semi-automatic rifle, and it was loaded. Crestview Police…… MORE
BOMB TESTING ON EGLIN
The Air Force says live munitions on Range B-82 in the central section of the eastern half of the Eglin reservation will be detonated between 8 a.m. and noon tomorrow. The purpose is to test a new bomb fuse system that will eventually be used in smart weapons employed by both the Air Force and…… MORE
GULF COAST RADIO HOST PASSES AWAY
Local country radio host Skip Davis, the mid-afternoon host on NASH FM 105.5, in Fort Walton Beach passed away yesterday morning after a battle with cancer. Davis had been diagnosed with metastatic renal cell cancer earlier this year. Davis was a graduate of a Choctawhatchee High School and spent his entire 39-year radio career on…… MORE
AEROSPACE COMPANY CLOSES FACILITY
GKN Aerospace has closed their facility at Venture Crossing in Panama City after previously making promises to invest 55 million dollars and create 170 high paying jobs. 60 people have been laid off. Becca Hardin, President of Bay Economic Development Alliance said Career Source has been working to get the people who lost their jobs…… MORE
FLU SHOTS
Health department officials are urging people to get vaccinated against the flu. Heather Kretzer, Public Information Officer at Florida Department of Health, says that although this flu season has been relatively mild so far, the percentage of people with flu-symptoms visiting emergency rooms statewide has increased by about 3 percent over last year. The season…… MORE
FLORIDA GAS PRICES
Florida gas prices are holding steady after rising eight cents per gallon last week. Florida drivers are now paying $2.43 per gallon. Mark Jenkins, spokesman, for the Triple “A”Auto Club, said in spite of the increase, travelers still found the lowest Thanksgiving gas prices in three years. He said prices should go lower this week…… MORE
WANNA-BE ROBBER ARRESTED
A 26-year-old Navarre man was arrested for attempting to rob a Destin gas station yesterday morning. An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputy walked into a Circle K in Destin shortly after 3:30 a.m. Monday and saw Holden Danjean, writing a note. Danjean walked out of the store and the clerk told the deputy she thought Danjean…… MORE
NRA LAWSUIT
The trial date has been set for the National Rifle Association challenge to a state law that increased the minimum age to buy rifles and other long guns in Florida. The NRA filed the lawsuit in 2018 challenging the constitutionality of the age restriction. Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker scheduled a trial for a…… MORE
