The Pensacola News Journal is reporting that a local political consultant has filed a lawsuit against Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill. Scott Miller is alleging that a comment the commissioner posted on Facebook was libelous. Underhill criticized Miller’s role in the Rolling Hills landfill issue in the Wedgewood community. The lawsuit claims that Underhill accused…… MORE
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COAST GUARD ACTIVITY
During a recent 58-day patrol in the Gulf of Mexico the crew of the Pensacola-based Coast Guard cutter Dauntless stopped three Mexican vessels who were illegally catching red snapper and other regulated Gulf of Mexico fish species and also recovered three miles of long-line fishing gear. The cutter’s work in south Texas waters supported Operation…… MORE
FLORIDA MEDICAL COST BILL
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill into law that will allow patients to shop for lower costs for non-emergency medical treatment and split the savings with their insurers. The change could place new limits on prescription drugs available to state employees. The state Department of Management Services will study drug usage and submit…… MORE
OKALOOSA COUNTY HIT AND RUN ARREST
The Florida Highway Patrol says a 24-year-old Alabama man who hit a Milton motorcyclist with his vehicle in Santa Rosa County and then fled to Okaloosa County has been arrested. Troopers say Justin Moorer, of Wilmer, Alabama, was eastbound on Interstate 10 when he collided with a motorcycle driven by 38-year-old Joshua McKean, of Milton,…… MORE
SCHOOL NURSE INVESTIGATED
The Walton County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a nurse at Paxton School in connection missing medications belonging to seven students. Walton County Superintendent of Schools Russell Hughes announced the investigation, but did not identify the employee. The investigation was launched after discrepancies were found in student medications, including inaccurate pill counts and inconsistencies in the…… MORE
FORD TRUCK RECALL
Ford has issued recalls for more than one million trucks. They include Ford Explorers, F-150 pickups and Ford Econoline vans. The company says the rear suspension toe link can break in select 2011 – 2017 Ford Explorers when they’re exposed to rough roads – that some 2013 Ford F-150 trucks need a software update because…… MORE
NORTH ESCAMBIA COUNTY MOTORCYCLE CRASH
The Florida Highway Patrol said two motorcyclists were critically injured in a crash Tuesday evening on Highway 29 near McDavid in North Escambia County. Troopers said 49-year old Susan Nichols from Century, was on a moped traveling north on Highway 29 at Whirlpool Road just after 7pm when she changed lanes and collided with a…… MORE
SNAKE RELEASE
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is trying to reestablish the population of a snake that has been listed as threatened since 1978. Eastern Indigo snakes have been on the decline in the southern United States because of habitat loss and over harvest for the exotic pet trade. This week 15 adult snakes that were…… MORE
CANADIAN DRUGS NOW LEGAL IN FLORIDA
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a law that will allow residents to gain access to cheaper prescription drugs from Canada and other countries. The bill establishes two programs – the Canadian Prescription Drug Importation Program and the International Prescription Drug Importation Program – to safely import federal Food and Drug Administration approved prescription drugs…… MORE
OKALOOSA COUNTY HOUSEKEEPER ARRESTED
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office says a housekeeper has been arrested for exploiting a partially disabled woman and her terminally ill husband while working at their home between September and April. The victims – a 75-year-old woman and her 80-year-old husband – said they had been paying Elissa Pederson $400 a week to help with…… MORE
