The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Department says an employee of a Fort Walton Beach McDonald’s was arrested after getting into a fight with another employee. Moises Milla-Gallardo was off-duty and dropping off paper work about 3am last Friday, but was asked to leave by the store manager as company policy says off-duty employees cannot be inside…… MORE
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HEPATITIS CASES INCREASING
The Florida Department of Health says the number of hepatitis A cases in Florida are on the rise. 51 cases were reported last week, bringing the total number of cases this year to 3,079. Duval County had the largest number of newly reported cases last week with six, followed by Citrus County with four. Hepatitis…… MORE
CONGRESSMAN GAETZ ASSAULTER SENTENCED
The woman who threw a red slushie drink on Congressman Matt Gaetz as he was coming out of a campaign event last June in Pensacola, has been sentenced to 15 days in prison for assaulting a member of Congress. 35-year-old Amanda Kondrat’yev, who briefly ran against Gaetz as a Democratic challenger in the 2016 election,…… MORE
SHOOTING VICTIMS ID’d
The three people shot in a Saturday night drive-by shooting in the Mayfair subdivision in West Escambia County, have been identified. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office said Taziah McHenry, Courtney Dewall, and Maurice Griggs, Jr. were the victims. Griggs has been involved in four shootings since April and has been shot in three them. The…… MORE
INMATE SENTENCED TO DEATH
An inmate already on death row for murdering a fellow inmate in 2012 has received a second death sentence for killing his cellmate at the Santa Rosa Correctional Institution in Milton back in 2017. 41-year-old Rocky Beamon was already serving a life sentence for a 2005 murder case from Hillsborough County when he was sentenced…… MORE
FORMER WAHOOS PLAYER FOUND DEAD
A former player with the Pensacola Blue Wahoos player was found dead in his hotel room in Auckland, New Zealand, yesterday. Ryan Costello played 40-games with the Blue Wahoos and hit 7 home runs. He arrived in New Zealand last week to play his first season with a team in Auckland. Ryan split the 2019…… MORE
SCHOOL REOPENS AFTER WATER MAIN BREAK
The Okaloosa County School District says Wright Elementary School will be back in session today after a broken water line caused the school to be closed yesterday morning after many students had already arrived for the day. The Florida Department of Health is verifying water cleanliness and bottled water will be used for all cafeteria…… MORE
MICKEY AND MINNIE TURN 91
Happy birthday Mickey and Minnie Mouse. The iconic Disney cartoon characters just turned 91. In 1928 they made their first appearance in the animated short film “Steamboat Willie” directed by Walt Disney. Over the decades, Mickey and Minnie have changed a bit from the skinny, mischievous rodents to the jovial characters we all know and…… MORE
PAPA DON DIES
Pensacola radio legend Papa Don Schroeder has died. His radio program at WBSR, and later at WNVY in the 1960s led the local ratings and in 1968, he opened his own studio at Cervantes and “A” streets. He promoted concerts, but also began producing records, and had success with James and Bobby Purify, who had…… MORE
3 SHOT IN DRIVE-BY SHOOTING
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office says three people were shot during a drive-by shooting Saturday night near Webster Drive in the Mayfair subdivision. The three victims were still alive when they were taken to a local hospital. No other details have been released and the investigation is continuing.… MORE
