A new shooting range may be coming to Walton County. The proposed outdoor shooting range would be on 40-acres on Highway 331 South near Wagon Wheel Road and Edgewood Circle, property which already contains a smaller, private shooting range that was constructed without permits according to Mac Carpenter, planning director for the county. He said…… MORE
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SHERIFF’S AND GUN VIOLENCE TASK FORCE
The sheriffs of Escambia and Santa Rosa counties are saying their agencies will not participate in a new joint federal-city task force to combat gun violence in Pensacola. Last week, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson asked U.S. Attorney Lawrence Keefe for federal help to address gun violence. Keefe agreed to help, and the joint task force…… MORE
SANTA ROSA COUNTY DRUG ARREST
Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson announced the arrest of a 33-year-old Pensacola man on drug charges in Milton and revealed he had a rap sheet of prior arrests that was 43 pages long. In this latest arrest Travis Mitchell was charged with two counts of drug trafficking, possession of a weapon by a convicted…… MORE
OKALOOSA COUNTY CHILD NEGLECT ARREST
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office says over eight dozen used uncapped syringes and other drug paraphernalia was found inside a Fort Walton Beach home within a child’s reach when deputies went to serve an arrest warrant on 24-year-old Jazmine Rivera. A deputy stated in the report that he observed used and uncapped syringes and drug…… MORE
DESTIN PAY-TO-PARK
City officials are considering adding pay-to-park lots at Norriego Point and Crystal Beach in Destin. The city is waiting for a quote from a company called Passport Parking, which has uses smartphone app to collect the parking fees. The council’s next regular held meeting is scheduled for Aug. 19 at the City Hall Annex, located…… MORE
LAW ENFORCEMENT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
Law enforcement officials and residents are coming together for National Night Out. Escambia County and the City of Pensacola first Responders will be out August 8th passing out school supplies, free food, and community information at Legion Field, 1301 West Gregory Street in Pensacola from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The Okaloosa Sheriff’s Office and Fort…… MORE
FLORIDA-GEORGIA WATER WARS
A federal judge will hear arguments about the long-running water war between Florida and Georgia. The lawsuit, filed by Florida in 2013, is a battle about water in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint river system, which starts in Georgia and flows south into the Florida Panhandle. The Apalachicola River region is dealing with a declining oyster industry in…… MORE
MOBILE DRIVER’S LICENSE SERVICES
Escambia County Tax Collector Scott Lunsford says the Mobile driver’s license and vehicle registration services mobile office will return to Century in North Escambia County today for a single day event. The Florida Licensing On Wheels mobile office will be in Century from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Billy G. Ward Century Courthouse…… MORE
WEEKEND SHOOTING VICTIMS ID’d
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office has released the names of a father and son who were killed in that Saturday shooting in Warrington. Major Andrew Hobbs, spokesman for the Sheriff’s Office, said 58-year-old Alan Towers, and his son, 30-year-old Scott Towers, were shot in the 800 block of North Corry Field Road around 6:30pm. Investigators…… MORE
CAR IN WATER ARREST
Pensacola Police say a man was arrested after he drove a stolen car off a dock into the Pensacola Bay on Sunday. Department spokesman Officer Mike Wood said the man suffered minor injuries in the crash after he drove into the water at the end of South C Street, next to Williams Seafood Company. The…… MORE
