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SANTA ROSA COUNTY FATAL SHOOTING
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal shooting near Allentown Saturday morning. Just before 7:30am deputies responded to a report of gunshots on Memory Lane, off Highway 89. ...
Syndicated Author Aug 27, 2018
FORMER CORRECTIONAL OFFICER SENTENCED
A former correctional officer has been sentenced for stealing drugs from the work camp at Century Correctional Institution in North Escambia County. Officers at the facility determined that a quantity...
Syndicated Author Aug 27, 2018
TWO INJURED IN SANTA ROSA COUNTY SCHOOL BUS CRASH
The Florida Highway Patrol said two students were taken to the hospital following the crash of a Santa Rosa County school bus just before 6:30 a.m. on Friday. Troopers said a pickup truck driven by Br...
Syndicated Author Aug 27, 2018
WESTERN WILDFIRE SMOKE ON GULF COAST
The hazier than usual conditions we have been experiencing along the Gulf Coast are actually caused by smoke from those wildfires that are burning out west. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admini...
Syndicated Author Aug 27, 2018
MARY ESTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT
The idea of merging the public safety departments of Fort Walton Beach and Mary Esther is drawing mixed reactions from citizens.The City of Mary Esther has its own fire department; but, there haven...
Syndicated Author Aug 27, 2018
ECUA RATE INCREASE
The Emerald Coast Utility Authority may be raising water and sewer rates by 4-percent. That would add about $1.02 per month to the bill for the average water customer consuming 6,000 gallons per month...
Syndicated Author Aug 24, 2018
SEXUAL ASSAULT SETTLEMENT
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says the Pensacola Area Housing Commission has agreed to pay a local woman $100,000 after she was sexually assaulted. Terry Hamilton, a maintenance...
Syndicated Author Aug 24, 2018
SANTA ROSA COUNTY COMMISSION CAMPAIGN COMPLAINTS
Santa Rosa County Commissioner and candidate for re-election Rob Williamson has been accused of distorting or fabricating the truth in three recent campaign mail-outs, by Sandi Kemp, the publisher and...
Syndicated Author Aug 22, 2018
MURDER RETRIAL SET
A former Okaloosa County schoolteacher who was convicted of murdering his wife at their home in Baker in 1991, will be getting a new trial. Jimmy Ates – now 72 – was granted a new trial af...
Syndicated Author Aug 22, 2018
ALABAMA POSTAL EMPLOYEE CHARGED
A postal employee in Fairhope, Alabama, has pleaded guilty in Federal Court to not delivering mail. Ralph Grice III was hired in March of 2017 by the US Postal Service as a rural carrier associate. In...
Syndicated Author Aug 22, 2018