An 86-year-old woman, charged with the murder of her husband has been ruled mentally incompetent and will not be stand trial. The state and defense team agreed that Ramona Lund doesn’t have the capacity to understand the charges against her. She is charged with the January 5th murder of her 89-year-old husband Francis who died…… MORE
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FATAL HIT-AND-RUN INVESTIGATION
The Florida Highway Patrol says it has located the vehicle which left the scene of a fatal pedestrian hit and run at Fairfield Drive and Pace Boulevard on January 17th. It is a yellow Ford F-700 single axle dump truck that was towing a yellow Bulldog flatbed trailer. A 60-year-old male pedestrian was struck and…… MORE
NEW PENSACOLA BEACH SIGN
The Pensacola News Journal is reporting that the old Pensacola Beach welcome sign that has greeted beachgoers for more than a decade, will soon be replaced. The new sign will use modern LED lights instead of neon lights. David Forte, public works director for Escambia County, said the sign was expected to come down this…… MORE
NAKED WOMAN ARRESTED
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office says a 38-year-old woman was arrested by deputies after she caused a disturbance at a Waffle House on Pensacola Boulevard by blocking traffic and exposing herself. The woman – named Freedom Ryder Zobrist – was asked to leave after she became verbally abusive, and threatened an employee. She then walked…… MORE
SHOOTING BY DEPUTY JUSTIFIED
The State Attorney’s Office says an Escambia deputy who shot and wounded a suspect after he struck the deputy with a car was justified in firing his weapon. On November 10th, Deputy Matthew Housam approached Antonio Smith, who was sitting in his car, attempting to arrest him on a warrant when Smith accelerated toward Housam,…… MORE
ESCAMBIA SCHOOL WEATHER INFORMATION
The Escambia County School District says weather observations are now available in real-time from each high school in Escambia County with the installation of weather stations at the schools. The stations have a variety of sensors that collect data including solar radiation, ultraviolet radiation, amounts and the rate of rainfall, wind speed and wind direction.…… MORE
OKALOOSA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT LAWSUITS
Two new lawsuits alleging abuse, neglect and conspiracy have been filed against the Okaloosa County School Board, suspended Superintendent Mary Beth Jackson and educator Roy Frazier on behalf of special needs students who attended Silver Sands School. All the lawsuits claim a pattern and practice of abuse of disabled students and that the abuse was…… MORE
BAY COUNTY SCHOOL BUS DRIVER SUSPENDED
A Bay County School bus driver has been suspended with pay as the district investigates an incident involving a sleeping second grader who was left on the bus alone for hours. Another bus driver found the sleeping child on the bus around 1:30 p.m. The student apparently failed to get off for school in the…… MORE
ATTEMPTED BURGLARY SUSPECT CAUGHT
A Pensacola woman who lives alone near Palafox and Cervantes, called police yesterday morning after she saw a young man who rang her doorbell put on a mask. As officers approached the suspect he fled on foot, but surrendered when he saw one of the department’s K-9 dogs approaching. 17-year-old Vadarius Jackson is charged with…… MORE
BLUE ANGEL EMERGENCY LANDING
A Blue Angels pilot had to make an emergency landing yesterday at Naval Air Facility El Centro in California where the Blues hold their winter training. The Navy says the F/A-18 Hornet’s landing gear didn’t deploy correctly, but the pilot was able to land the jet safely. It’s not yet clear what caused the problem…… MORE
