Paul Lux, Okaloosa County’s supervisor of elections, is warning residents about potentially misleading materials they could be receiving in the mail. These mailouts often include Florida Voter Registration Applications with information pre-filled and come from the Voter Participation Center and the Center for Voter Information, two organizations not associated with the Florida Division of Elections…… MORE
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SYLVANIA HEIGHTS PARK LEASE
The land containing Sylvania Heights’ only park will be leased by Okaloosa County for at least another year. Okaloosa County Commissioners approved extending the fee-free lease until January 31st, 2021. Commissioners also agreed to spend up to $15,000 to improve the park, which has been closed since May 24th but is expected to reopen by…… MORE
. PENSACOLA BEACH TRAFFIC PROBLEMS
The Gulf Breeze Police Chief says recent changes to the Pensacola Beach toll booths are causing severe traffic problems. The county reconfigured the toll booths on May 23rd with the two farthermost right lanes designated for Sun Pass transponders and the left lanes manned with workers who accept the cash toll. However, on Saturday, a…… MORE
PENSACOLA POLICE SWAT CALL-OUT
The Pensacola Police Department’s SWAT team was deployed yesterday after a suspect with a history of violence and an active felony warrant ran from law enforcement during a traffic stop and refused to leave an apartment in the 2100 block of North Hayne Street. 33-year-old Brandon Wiggins, of Pensacola, surrendered to police around 10:45 a.m.…… MORE
SIKES BRIDGE WORK
Major rehabilitation work on the 45-year-old Bob Sikes Bridge that connects Gulf Breeze to Pensacola Beach, should begin before the end of the year. Escambia County traffic engineers said the bridge needs extensive work to extend its life span another 10 to 15 years. David Forte, director of engineering for Escambia County, said the work…… MORE
WEEKEND TRAFFIC FATALITY
The Florida Highway Patrol has identified the 40-year-old woman killed Friday afternoon in a three-vehicle crash on the Marler Bridge in Okaloosa County. Troopers say all three vehicles were traveling east when a vehicle driven by 43-year-old Larry Hopson of Fort Walton Beach struck the rear of a S.U.V. that had stopped for traffic on…… MORE
CRESTVIEW SHOOTING SUSPECT IDENTIFIED
The Crestview Police Department has identified the suspect in a Saturday shooting that left two people in critical condition. 19-year-old Jayson Wheat is one of the two and is said to be on life support and unresponsive from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His victim, a 32-year-old woman, had been upgraded from critical to stable condition.…… MORE
FLORIDA CYBER-ATTACK FUNDING
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has announced that county elections departments will be able to keep 2.3 million dollars in unspent grant money aimed at stopping cyber-attacks on the state’s voting system. Monday. DeSantis said the money is left over from a 19 million-dollar federal grant given last year to combat potential attacks on Florida’s voting…… MORE
PEDESTRIAN KILLED ON BLUE ANGEL PARKWAY
The Florida Highway Patrol says a pedestrian was struck and killed by a pickup truck early Saturday morning on Blue Angel Parkway. Troopers said the unidentified man was walking westbound in the eastbound lane of Blue Angel Parkway at 3:35 a.m. when he was hit by a truck, driven by 56-year-old Edgar Lloyd Proctor, who…… MORE
UWF TOP-PERFORMING UNIVERSITY
The Florida Board of Governors has named the University of West Florida a top-performing public university for the third consecutive year, with UWF scoring in the top two. The University earned 94 points out of the 100-point scale in the Board’s results from the 2018-19 academic year finishing one point behind the University of Florida.…… MORE
