The Florida Legislature is closer to passing a sanctuary city ban. The Florida House passed House Bill 527 by a vote of 69-47. The bill forces state and local government agencies to fully cooperate with the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and is aimed at requiring law enforcement to honor detainer requests from ICE…… MORE
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PENSACOLA BOTTLE CLUB ORDINANCE
The city of Pensacola may restrict the times that bottle clubs in the city can operate by having them keep the same hours that bars can be open. Bedlam – at 15 East Intendencia Street – is Pensacola’s only bottle club and is open until 5 a.m. Patrons bring in their own bottles of alcohol…… MORE
ESCAMBIA COUNTY SCHOOL BUS COLLISION
The Florida Highway Patrol says an Escambia County School District bus, heading for Pine Meadows Elementary School with 33 students, collided with another vehicle around 7:15 yesterday morning near the intersection of West Roberts and Pine Forest roads. Troopers say the bus was struck from behind and the driver of the striking vehicle was taken…… MORE
SANTA ROSA COUNTY LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT
Santa Rosa County Commissioners are not eager to settle a lawsuit after they heard the proposed terms. The owners of Blue Water Holdings SRC had sought a permit for a demolitions debris landfill, which they eventually obtained, but they filed a lawsuit saying the delay caused a substantial financial loss. Commissioners were told they can…… MORE
WALTON COUNTY MOBILE HOME FIRE
Firefighters from Walton County Fire Rescue responded to a report of a structure fire at a mobile home on Clark Circle on Monday around 1pm. Firefighters from Walton County Fire Rescue found the mobile home had collapsed on itself and it took them an hour to fully extinguish the fire. No one was home and…… MORE
GUNS IN SCHOOLS
The Florida Senate has passed a bill that would expand the Florida Guardian Program that allows guns in schools. Right now, only teachers who have a role outside the classroom, such as an athletic coaches, can participate. The bill would make all teachers eligible if they volunteer, undergo psychological evaluation, are trained by a sheriff’s…… MORE
GUN FOUND ON MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office says a Ruckel Middle School student has been charged with two felonies after an Okaloosa County sheriff’s deputy found a loaded gun in his backpack yesterday. After deputies received information about the gun, Kyron Watts was removed from the classroom and searched and a .38-caliber revolver loaded with five rounds…… MORE
ASST. ESCAMBIA COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR QUITS
Assistant Escambia County Administrator Matt Coughlin turned in his 90-day notice of resignation yesterday, the fifth Escambia County senior official to resign in the wake of allegations of problems within the Department of Public Safety. In his resignation letter Coughlin said that in the County “…there is neither the ability or willingness to rise to…… MORE
INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO CITY JOB
In his weekly press conference, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson explained why he intends to hire Interim County Administrator Amy Lovoy as the city’s next deputy chief financial officer. Lovoy turned in her resignation with Escambia County on April 15th. after news broke about allegations surrounding the county’s Public Safety and Emergency Management Service departments. The…… MORE
SHOOTING SUSPECT SOUGHT
Pensacola police are seeking a suspect in an early Saturday morning shooting at Arety’s Angels at 11 East Fairfield Drive that left two people hospitalized. The two victims were treated for non-life threatening injuries, and Police are looking for 30-year-old Mark Harris, a black male, 5 feet, 7, 150 pounds. His last known address was…… MORE
