The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office has released the name of the teenager who died in a shooting on Tuesday. Deputies responded to a report of a shooting in the 300 block of Garfield Drive around 1 a.m. in the Mayfair subdivision and found 15-year-old Paul Malishan inside a car with gunshot wounds. It is believed…… MORE
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GULF BREEZE DOCTOR ARRESTED
A Veterans Affairs doctor living in Gulf Breeze has been arrested on federal charges for illegal distribution of Oxycontin. Dr. David Lelio and his wife, Nadja, were arrested November 6th by U.S. Marshals in Santa Rosa County and have been extradited to Virginia where their crimes allegedly occurred. The two are charged with illegal distribution…… MORE
SANTA ROSA SOUND ALGAE BLOOM
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said a small bloom of blue-green algae was spotted Monday in Santa Rosa Sound about 100 feet off of the Oriole Beach Boat Ramp in Gulf Breeze. Escambia County Marine Biologist Robert Turpin gathered samples, which tested positive for toxic blue-green algae. Chip Kirschenfeld, (“Cursh-En-Feld”), Natural Resources Management director for…… MORE
NRA CHALLENGES FLORIDA FIREARMS LAW
The National Rifle Association is challenging a Florida law that raised the age to purchase rifles and other long guns. The NRA filed the lawsuit after the passage of a sweeping school-safety law enacted in the Florida Legislature that increased the age to purchase long guns from 18-21. Marion Hammer, the NRA’s Florida lobbyist and…… MORE
HOME INVASION DEATH
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office says one person is dead following a home invasion robbery attempt at a home on Culp Avenue near Fort Walton Beach. A 911 call came in around 11:50 p.m. Tuesday of someone trying to enter a home. Responding deputies found the body of 35-year-old Edgar Jennings III. The investigation is…… MORE
CHILD CRUELTY ARREST
A paraprofessional at Okaloosa Academy Charter School has been arrested on a felony charge of cruelty towards a child. On October 24th 57-year-old Bernard Heyward was trying to remove a 13-year-old student from his class who he said was being disruptive. The student refused to leave and Heyward was said to have grabbed the boy’s…… MORE
TEENAGER FATALLY SHOT
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office says a 15-year-old boy died yesterday after an early morning shooting. Deputies responded around 1 a.m. to the 300 block of Garfield Drive in the Mayfair subdivision and found the teenager inside a car with gunshot wounds. Investigators believe the shooting occurred near the intersection of Fairfield and Patricia drives…… MORE
PROPOSED FLORIDA BUDGET
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has proposed a 91.4 billion-dollar budget for the coming fiscal year. The budget recommends 480 million dollars in savings through administrative efficiencies and elimination of earmarks and places 5.6 billion dollars in total reserves. The budget also includes more than 300 million dollars in tax relief, including eight Back to School…… MORE
WINNING FANTASY FIVE TICKET
A winning Fantast Five lottery ticket sold in Santa Rosa County is worth over $88,000. The ticket was sold at the Tom Thumb store at 6853 Highway 87 North in Milton yesterday and the winning numbers were 2-4-20-33-34 and is worth $88,111.30. It One other winning ticket was sold in West Palm Beach.… MORE
HOMELESS SHELTER EXPANDING
The Fort Walton Beach homeless shelter – One Hopeful Place – is expanding. The shelter broke ground yesterday for an industrial kitchen that will be used to feed regular clients and those who come to the cold weather shelter. One Hopeful Place includes transitional housing and a clinic that provides mental health services and they…… MORE
