The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation estimates insured losses from Hurricane Michael have now topped 6.9 billion dollars, up about 250 million dollars from June. Over 148,000 claims had been filed from last year’s Category 5 hurricane, which made landfall October 10th in Mexico Beach. About 20,000 claims are still unresolved and Insurance Commissioner David…… MORE
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OKALOOSA TEACHER’S CONTRACT LANGUAGE
The Okaloosa County School District has closed a loophole in its teacher’s union contract that enabled former Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources Stacie Smith to bury a report documenting special education teacher Marlynn Stillions abuse of a child. Language has now been removed from the contract that said that no official action could be taken…… MORE
PANAMA CITY BEACH FRAUD SUSPECT SOUGHT
The Panama City Beach Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a female suspect who is accused of credit card fraud. Police say she used multiple credits cards from Innovations Federal Credit Union in Panama City Beach, Lynn Haven, Panama City, DeFuniak Springs and Milton. The only description is that of a…… MORE
NON-PROFIT PRESIDENT ARRESTED
Pensacola Police say the president of a local non-profit president has been arrested after being accused of beating a woman. Police were called to Sacred Heart Hospital after a nurse reported she heard a man hit a woman during an argument. The victim told police 36-year-old Shaun Hartsfield hit her and took her phone, threw…… MORE
PINE FOREST ROAD TRAFFIC FATALITIES
The Florida Highway Patrol says two people were killed and three others hospitalized with serious injuries after a two-vehicle traffic crash on Pine Forest Road yesterday afternoon. Troopers say 51-year-old Wendell Jones was northbound on Pine Forest Road at a high rate of speed when he collided with a van driven by 81-year-old Mary Simmons…… MORE
FERRY PASS DEATH INVESTIGATION
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal shooting of an alleged intruder by a homeowner that happened early yesterday morning in Ferry Pass. It happened around 1 a.m. in the 7600 block of Lawton Street, south of Olive Road. The resident says he was asleep when the suspect entered the home through a…… MORE
DESTIN WATER MAIN BREAK
The intersection of Hutchinson Street between Highway 98 and Ocean View Drive in Destin was closed for a time yesterday because of a broken water main, which damaged the road. The City of Destin’s Public Information Officer said AT&T workers were installing poles as part of a cellular contract with the city when they hit…… MORE
BAY COUNTY SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAWSUIT
A former principal of a local charter school in Bay County has filed a lawsuit against the school saying she sexually harassed by being touched and groped. Jamie Vickers is the former principal of Bay Haven Charter Academy and said CEO Larry Bolinger sexually harassed her, then retaliated against her complaints with reprimands and a…… MORE
WALTON COUNTY SUSPECTS SOUGHT
The Walton County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a couple who left a restaurant in Baytowne Wharf without paying their bill. The couple, a man and a woman, were captured on security footage leaving Slick Lips Seafood & Oyster House around 8:30 p.m. without paying their $75 bill. The Sheriff’s Office is asking for the…… MORE
PEDESTRIAN FATALITY
The Florida Highway Patrol says a pedestrian was killed on Pine Forest Road near Nine Mile Road around 5:30 yesterday morning. Troopers say the pedestrian ran into the path of a southbound pickup, driven by 51-year old Eric Jones of Cantonment. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene and the victim’s name has not…… MORE
