Santa Rosa County has voted to approve an interlocal agreement with Escambia, Okaloosa and Walton counties that would make Santa Rosa County the administrator for the contract for a new medical examiner. A nonprofit organization will be established and the four counties will contract for autopsy services, as opposed to contracting with a private business…… MORE
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AIR FORCE CAPTAIN DIES AFTER TAKING FITNESS TEST
An Air Force captain died early Saturday, just hours after experiencing health complications following a fitness test on Eglin Air Force Base. 29-year-old Captain Tranay Tanner, completed the fitness test early Friday and was taken to the base hospital around 8:30 a.m. She was transferred to Fort Walton Beach Medical Center and died Saturday. The…… MORE
FLORIDA FIREWORKS LAWS
Legislation has been filed in Tallahassee to make the sale of fireworks legal on Independence Day, Memorial Day and New Year’s Eve. Under Florida’s current law some devices, such as sparklers, are legal for Floridians to buy, but anything that explodes such as firecrackers or cherry bombs, or shoots into the air like skyrockets or…… MORE
FLORIDA GAS PRICES
The weekend price of gas in Florida was $2.42 a gallon, only one-tenth of a cent above the current low that was set in June and nearly 20 cents per gallon less than last summer. Since Memorial Day, gas prices have averaged $2.56 per gallon. Compared to all other states, Florida has the 14th lowest…… MORE
OKALOOSA COUNTY DEER RESCUED
An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputy rescued a small deer, caught in a fence in Crestview. Deputy Britt Corbin was on patrol yesterday near Silver Road when he spotted a young dear entangled in the fence. Deputy Corbin rescued the deer and took it to the Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge.… MORE
WEEKEND HIT AND RUN
The Florida Highway Patrol is asking for the public’s help in locating two women who left the scene after they were involved in a three-vehicle, weekend traffic crash. It happened about 6:15 p.m. Saturday near Michigan Avenue and Jaker Court. One of the three vehicles involved in the crash was occupied by two black females…… MORE
CONGRESSMAN GAETZ INVESTIGATION
While the Florida Bar found no probable cause that a tweet by U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz to Michael Cohen earlier this year violated the bar’s rules of conduct, the grievance committee said the tweet was unprofessional, reckless, insensitive, and demonstrated poor judgment. Gaetz told the News Journal in a text message Saturday that he crossed…… MORE
iNMATE DIES IN SANTA ROSA COUNTY JAIL
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office says a Navarre man – arrested for killing his mother-in-law – was found dead in his jail cell Friday. 51-year-old Robert Lucas was found by staff members shortly after 5 a.m. Investigators are working the case as a suicide. Lucas’ 57-year-old mother-in-law was found dead February 5th in her…… MORE
BOAT REPAIR FRAUD ARREST
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has charged a Cantonment man with grand theft for taking money to repair a boat but never doing the work. Jeffrey Phillips received almost $8,000 in payments at Affordable Marine Service to remanufacture a boat engine but the work was never performed. Phillips is owner of the…… MORE
BOND SET FOR MYRTLE GROVE STORE SHOOTER
A bond of 2 million dollars has been set for the suspect who was shot by Escambia County deputies Thursday at an Escambia County grocery store after he fired shots inside the store. 29-year-old Reginald Booker remains in Baptist Hospital where he underwent surgery due for the gunshot wounds. Investigators say Booker walked into the…… MORE
