Gulf Power Company has been presented with the Emergency Recovery Award by the Edison Electric Institute for their work restoring power to 120,000 customers after Hurricane Michael devastated the Florida Panhandle. The award recognizes member companies that put forth outstanding efforts to restore service promptly following a natural disaster. Gulf Power President Marlene Santos said…… MORE
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SANDESTIN GROUND-BREAKING PROJECT
A groundbreaking ceremony has been held for Osprey Pointe, an addition to Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort. It will have five buildings with 77 two, three, and four-bedroom condominiums, a community center and a pool. Sara Becnel, vice president of development for Sandestin, said she expects the project to be completed by February 2020. The…… MORE
STUDENTS AND JURY DUTY
Many full-time students in Florida could be excused from serving on juries, under a proposal filed Tuesday in the Florida House. The bill would allow people to be excused from jury duty if they are 21 or younger and are enrolled as full-time students in high schools, state colleges, or state universities. Law-enforcement officers are…… MORE
SEXUAL ASSAULT ARREST
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office says a 42-year-old Jay man has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a teenage girl several times in October 2018. Robin Diamond was arrested after the girl, who was between 16 and 17 years old, told authorities she performed sex acts four times on October 21st and October 22nd.…… MORE
ALLEGIANT AIR TO OFFER MORE FLIGHTS
Okaloosa County Airports Director Tracy Stage said Allegiant Air has announced it plans to offer non-stop service from the Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport to Omaha’s Eppley Airfield and Tulsa International Airport beginning on June 6th. Allegiant also offers several free services to service members and their families to honor their sacrifice to our country.” Tickets…… MORE
MISSING SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIER
The Crestview Police Department and U.S. Army are searching for a soldier who failed to report for duty Monday morning. 23-year-old Sergeant Greco Tucker Jr. with the 7th Special Forces Group, was last heard from on Friday. His home showed no signs of forced entry, but his 2014 four-door, white Dodge Charger SE sedan is…… MORE
COTTON CROP DESTROYED
Hurricane Michael caused extensive damage to cotton farmers throughout Northwest Florida and into southern Georgia and Alabama, What the Hurricane didn’t blow away, heavy rains washed away, including Escambia and Santa Rosa. The losses of the three counties like are estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars. A cotton farmer in Jay told the Pensacola…… MORE
TYNDALL F-22’s MAY STAY AT EGLIN
F-22 Raptor fighter jets that were moved from Tyndall Air Force Base to Eglin Air Force Base to escape the wrath of Hurricane Michael, may be there for a while. What’s called an interim bed-down proposal has been accepted by the White House office that coordinates federal environmental efforts and says Eglin could be the…… MORE
CHARGES IN FATAL DUI CRASH UPGRADED
Charges against a 24-year-old driver involved in a fatal DUI traffic crash in Escambia County over the weekend may soon be upgraded. Hunter Black was initially charged on Saturday with two counts of DUI manslaughter for a collision that killed 22-year-old Antoinette McCoy and 15-year-old Sean Banks. State Attorney Bill Eddins said his office filed…… MORE
FORT WALTON BEACH FATAL SHOOTING
Fort Walton Beach Police say s 44-year-old woman was found dead of apparent gunshot wounds inside the Captains Quarters Apartments yesterday. Police responded to a call of a shooting just before 2a.m. When officers arrived they found Vonda M. Browne dead. Fort Walton Beach Police confirmed that Khalil Rashad is considered a person of interest…… MORE
