Auburn University’s famous golden eagle mascot – Nova – has retired. Nova was War Eagle 7, and a new golden eagle named “Aurea” will be War Eagle 8. A ceremony marking the transition was held at halftime of Saturday’s football game with Samford University. Nova is twenty-years-old and is suffering from a serious heart condition.…… MORE
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FATAL STABBING ARREST
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal stabbing that happened early yesterday morning at Big Lagoon State Park in West Escambia County. The male victim was life-flighted to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead. 30-year-old Bryan Swift, the brother of the victim’s girlfriend, has been charged with 2nd degree murder. Investigators…… MORE
TWO KILLED IN 1-10 WRECK
The Florida Highway Patrol say a Friday morning traffic crash on Interstate 10 near mile marker 43 in Holt in Okaloosa County resulted in two fatalities. Troopers say five people were inside a car that went off the road and hit a tree. The driver, 19-year-old Carlos Alvarez-Manco of Katy, Texas, and an unidentified passenger…… MORE
SANTA ROSA COUNTY FATAL PLANE CRASH
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office says the pilot of a small, single-engine aircraft was killed in a crash Sunday morning at an airport in Milton. Santa Rosa County Sheriff’ s deputies were dispatched to Peter Prince Field on Highway 90 about 10:15 am and found the plane had crashed on airport property, killing the…… MORE
TRAFFIC FATALITY ID’d
The Florida Highway Patrol has identified the 41-year-old Pensacola woman who was killed when her motorcycle collided with a vehicle on Fairfield Drive Wednesday evening. Troopers say Shannon Thorp was westbound on Highway 98, when a car driven by 55-year-old Mary Gibson, of Pensacola, made a turn and collided with the motorcycle. Thorp was transported…… MORE
CASHLESS TOLL PLAZA PROPOSAL
The Pensacola News Journal is reporting that the Pensacola Beach toll plaza may only accept electronic payments by next year. Escambia County Commissioner Robert Bender said he will likely present a proposal at the December 5th meeting asking Commissioners to vote to go cashless and to send out a request for proposals for new signs…… MORE
TEACHER ARRESTED
A Santa Rosa County teacher who had been placed on administrative leave after being arrested for sending inappropriate text messages to a student, has been arrested again. Christopher Johnson was arrested in May and was out on bond when he was re-arrested yesterday for violating the conditions of his release. Johnson was a science teacher…… MORE
HOUSE FIRE
The Fort Walton Beach Fire Department responded to a fire that badly damaged a home at 101 Magnolia Avenue yesterday. Battalion Chief David Stone said the owner was having lunch with friends at a local restaurant around 1:30pm when he got a call that his house was on fire. He told fire officials that for…… MORE
MURDER CONVICTION UPHELD
The Florida Supreme Court has upheld a first-degree murder conviction in a case from Holmes County. Johnny Calhoun, was convicted for the December 2010 murder of Mia Brown who was kidnapped in Holmes County, bound with duct tape and put her in the trunk of her car. Some days later, her burned body and car…… MORE
SALAD RECALL
A company that prepares ready-to-eat salads for stores across the country is recalling over 75,000 pounds of products because of bacterial contamination. The Missa Bay Company said the lettuce used in the salads may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said the products were shipped to locations in 22 states…… MORE
