Pensacola Police say a flight from Pensacola to Miami on Friday was diverted back to Pensacola after a female passenger tried to fake a medical condition to get a better seat. The American Airlines flight returned to Pensacola International Airport around 6:30 am. The woman refused to leave the plane after it landed and the…… MORE
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KEEP THE WREATH GREEN FIRE SAFETY CAMPAIGN
The annual “Keep the Wreath Green” fire safety campaign began yesterday. It is a joint campaign by Escambia County Fire Rescue and the Pensacola Fire Department. During the month-long campaign, five-foot wreaths will be on display at 18 county fire stations and five city fire stations and will also be placed outside various City and…… MORE
MAJOR WATER LEAK
The Emerald Coast Utilities Authority crews worked for hours Friday to Repair a major water leak near a well on East 10 Mile Road. Crews started work about 5:30 a.m. and had restored pressure to all but a few addresses on 10 Mile Road in the immediate area by 2 p.m. A precautionary boil water…… MORE
MOTORCYCLE FATALITY
The Florida Highway Patrol said a 57-year old motorcyclist was killed on Nine Mile Road Thanksgiving night. Troopers say Phillip Woodruff, of Pensacola was east on Nine Mile Road about 6:25pm when 24-year-old Tyler Kendrick, also, of Pensacola was stopped at a stop sign on Bowman Avenue, butand was struck by Woodruff’s motorcycle. Charges are…… MORE
NO PETS IN RESTAURANTS
A bill filed in the Florida House of Representatives would prohibit household pets from entering restaurants. While the bill wouldn’t pre-empt existing local ordinances, it would direct the state Department of Business and Professional Regulation to adopt rules and create a publicly accessible website for complaints. It also wouldn’t bar service animals. Sponors of the…… MORE
HURRICANE SEASON ENDS
The 2019 hurricane season has come to an end. Although it was an active season in the Atlantic Tropical Storm Nestor was the only storm to threaten Northwest Florida making landfall on St. Vincent Island near Apalachicola. The season produced 18 named storms, including six hurricanes of which three were major storms of Category 3…… MORE
ECUA VACANCY FILLED BY GOVERNOR
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has filled the vacancy on the Emerald Coast Utilities Board created by the death of District 3 member Elvin McCorvey who died last January at the age of 74. Cedric L. Alexander will be the new board member, and his term will expire in 2020, when the office is up for…… MORE
NEW PENSACOLA CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT
Pensacola Councilwoman Jewel Cannada-Wynn, who represents District 7, has been elected to the council presidency. Councilman Jared Moore was elected Vice President. This is Cannada-Wynn’s last year on the council as she has announced she won’t seek re-election in 2020. She was first elected in 2004, defeated in 2010 and re-elected in 2012. Andy Terhaar,…… MORE
ALABAMA ESCAPED PRISONER CAPTURED
An escaped prisoner from Chilton County, Alabama, was apprehended in Escambia County yesterday afternoon after a vehicle chase. Joseph Edwards and Landon Gunter escaped Sunday and Escambia County deputies spotted Edwards in a stolen vehicle yesterday afternoon but he fled and eventually lost control of the car on West Kingsfield Road and overturned in a…… MORE
FLORIDA EXECUTIVE ORDERS SIGNED
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has extended the state of emergency for a number of counties affected by Hurricane Michael and expanded early voting in Bay and Gulf counties. The state of emergency is extended for another 60 days in Bay, Walton, Okaloosa, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla and Washington counties.…… MORE
