State Attorney Bill Eddins says a former correctional officer at the Santa Rosa Correctional Institute has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for communicating with an inmate by cellphone and smuggling contraband into the facility for that same inmate. 22-year-old Mia Martinez-Welch, pleaded guilty to the charges which were filed after a cellphone was…… MORE
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MAN SENTENCED FOR SALES TAX FRAUD
The State Attorney’s Office says a 50-year-old Pensacola man was sentenced to prison for defrauding the Escambia County Tax Collector. Between February and March of 2018, Christopher Canham submitted fraudulent bills of sale for two cars to the Escambia County Tax Collector in which he inserted fictitious trade-in vehicles and falsified the total purchase prices,…… MORE
UWF PROGRAMS ACCREDITED
The University of West Florida mechanical engineering and computer science programs has received accreditation from the Engineering and Computing Accreditation Commissions of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. The Board accredits over 4,000 programs in applied and natural science, computing, engineering and engineering technology at nearly 800 colleges and universities in 32 countries. Accreditation…… MORE
INFORMATION SOUGHT IN FATAL TRAFFIC CRASH
The Fort Walton Beach Police Department is asking for any witnesses to come forward with information about a fatal crash back in August on Hollywood Boulevard near Chicago Avenue. Police say 49-year-old Julie Glover was making a left turn onto Hollywood Boulevard when she collided with a car driven by 77-year-old Carrie Preston who then…… MORE
BAY BRIDGE CRASH FOLLOWUP
Police say alcohol may have been a factor in the weekend traffic crash on the new Pensacola Bay Bridge that closed the bridge for three hours and sent several people to the hospital. On Sunday 29-year-old Kristavia Johnson was driving her car at a high rate of speed on Sunday when she lost control and…… MORE
WEST PENSACOLA SEWAGE SPILL
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has issued a public notice of pollution after a broken main on North “W” Street near Bill Gregory Park caused a spill of nearly 15,000 gallons of sewage. An estimated 3,000 gallons reportedly went into Bayou Chico. The Emerald Coast Utilities Authority says the main was broken due to…… MORE
I-10 TRAFFIC FATALITY
The Florida Highway Patrol says a man was killed in a three-car collision on Interstate 10 westbound near mile marker 53. It happened around 2:00 p.m. yesterday near the Crestview exit. Troopers say a man driving a truck collided with another car. The driver of the truck was Life Flighted to Fort Walton Beach Medical…… MORE
OKALOOSA COUNTY TRAINING EXERCISE
Okaloosa County drivers and residents may notice some unusual activity today. Okaloosa County Corrections and Emergency Medical Services, the Florida Department of Corrections, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, the Crestview Police Department, the Military, North Okaloosa Medical Center and Northwest Florida State College will be running an emergency training exercise. It will have an Okaloosa…… MORE
ESCAMBIA COUNTY JAIL INMATE FOUND DEAD
An inmate at the Escambia County Jail was found dead yesterday morning of an apparent suicide. 59-year-old Clarence Brown, was found dead in his cell about 3am. Brown was charged with lewd and lascivious behavior, accused of having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a 12-year-old girl. Escambia County Sheriff’s Office investigators responded to the death…… MORE
ECUA RATE INCREASE
New rate increases for Emerald Coast Utilities Authority water, sewer and sanitation customers took effect yesterday. The ECUA Board approved a 2.3% rate increase for water and sewer. The proposed increase to a household with an average consumption of 6,000 gallons would be an increase of 64 cents per month. For sewer, the increase will…… MORE
