The hot and dry conditions continue throughout the region and the Florida Forest Service says the local fire danger index has been increased to high. Outdoor burning is discouraged until significant rainfall occurs, but no outright ban has yet been announced. The fire risk is very high for Bay and Calhoun Counties; high for Escambia,…… MORE
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PENSACOLA SHOOTING
Pensacola police say a man was shot yesterday afternoon while riding in a moving vehicle on Navy Boulevard. Police say he was a passenger and was hit by gunfire from another moving vehicle near the intersection with Pace Boulevard. The vehicle’s driver drove to Baptist Hospital where the victim was said to be alive but…… MORE
MARINES ARRESTED FOR BURGLARY
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office say five Marines stationed at NAS Pensacola and a woman have been arrested for breaking into a former school building on Sunday. Deputies were dispatched to the former Munson Elementary after someone reported seeing people trying to get inside the school. He saw two vehicles and wrote down the…… MORE
WOMAN ARRESTED FOR STABBING
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office says a 25-year-old woman was arrested for attempting to stab a man in the stomach with a hunting knife. The victim told deputies while he was in the bathroom at a house on Wenger Avenue in Cantonment, he heard a woman screaming and went to see what the problem was…… MORE
SCHOOL BUS DRIVER CHARGED
The Florida Highway Patrol says a Santa Rosa County school bus driver has been charged with reckless driving after a student was dragged 300 feet after the student’s backpack got caught in the school bus doors. It happened last Thursday, around 2:15 p.m. as the driver – 59-year-old Teresa Samo – was dropping children off…… MORE
ATTEMPTED ATM BURGLARY
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an attempted burglary of an ATM on the second floor of the Boardwalk on Okaloosa Island. Video surveillance shows two white men with their faces covered entering the upstairs area around 3:15 a.m. on May 31st and using a blow torch in an apparent attempt to gain entry…… MORE
DISASTER BILL PASSES
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the federal supplemental disaster relief bill by a vote of 354-58. The 19-billion-dollar bill will help victims of recent natural disasters and now goes for final approval to President Donald Trump, who is expected to sign it. The final package includes funding for the Florida Panhandle after Hurricane…… MORE
MIKE HILL CRITICIZED FOR REMARKS
The Pensacola News Journal is reporting that State Representative Mike Hill says he is facing a “social media lynching” on Twitter for a statement he denies making about supporting legislation that would seek the death penalty for homosexuality. On May 23rd Hill was speaking about the 2019 legislative session during a meeting of the Women…… MORE
DRINK-THROWER ARRESTED
A Pensacola woman who ran against Congressman Matt Gaetz was arrested Saturday for throwing a drink at him after a town hall meeting at a restaurant in Pensacola. 35-year-old Amanda Kondrat’yev was one of several candidates running against Gaetz in 2016 before she withdrew. She is also one of four plaintiff in a lawsuit against…… MORE
PENSACOLA PEDESTRIAN KILLED
The Florida Highway Patrol says a 56-year-old Pensacola man died late Friday night after being struck by a vehicle while walking along Scenic Highway. Troopers say Glenn Burnett, was walking north in the south lane of Scenic Highway around 11:30 Friday night, when he was hit by a car driven by 42-year-old Lenora Gomez. Burnett…… MORE
