The Florida Department of Transportation has closed the Mid-Bay Bridge over Choctawhatchee Bay for emergency repairs after a routine inspection revealed corrosion on post-tensioning tendons, a prestressed steel cable inside the bridge that reinforces the concrete. FDOT said the closure was done as a cautionary measure to repair the tendons. Message boards will be placed…… MORE
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HURRICANE MICHAEL LOSSES
In the three months since Hurricane Michael came ashore at Mexico Beach more than 102,000 people have registered for assistance and 16 counties have qualified for federal aid. Senate Banking and Insurance Chairman Doug Broxson said legislators must come up with a package that can be submitted to Congress to deal with the problems in…… MORE
SANTA ROSA COUNTY MURDER ARREST
An 86-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after her 89-year-old husband was found beaten to death with a walking cane inside their home. On Saturday morning, a neighbor called 911 after he saw Ramona Lund standing over her husband’s body on the front porch. Investigators said they found a bloody nightgown on…… MORE
MOBILE TRAFFIC FATALITY
The Mobile Alabama Police Department says a woman from Molino in Escambia County was one of two people killed in a head-on fiery traffic crash on Interstate 10 in Mobile early yesterday morning. 24-year-old Kaytrielle Jones died about 1:30 a.m. on the I-10 Bayway. The name of the second driver has not yet been released.…… MORE
INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN AND MACHINE COGNITION GRANT
The Institute for Human and Machine Cognition in Pensacola has been awarded a grant for a half-million dollars by the Toyota Mobility Foundation. The challenge was to develop life-changing technology for people with lower-limb paralysis. IHMC’s project is a powered exoskeleton which allows wheelchair-bound patients to get up and walk. IHMC is one of five finalists…… MORE
RON DESANTIS BECOMES GOVERNOR
Ron DeSantis becomes Florida’s Governor today. At the age of 40 he is the youngest man to take the oath of office since 36-year-old Park Tramel became governor in 1913. DeSantis’s children, Madison two, and Mason and one, will also be the youngest children to live in the mansion since Claude Kirk’s son Erik in…… MORE
GULF COAST MEDICAL CENTER REOPENS
Gulf Coast Regional Medical Center in Panama City announced yesterday they are now fully re-opened. The hospital recently passed a state health care agency inspection on the last nursing unit that was closed due to damage from Hurricane Michael. However, CEO Brad Griffin said the health care facility isn’t back at full staffing, but that…… MORE
JAY FANTASY FIVE WINNER
The Florida Lottery says a Jay woman in Santa Rosa County has claimed her prize for a winning Fantasy 5 ticket sold on December 9th. The $58,379.40 prize went to Deborah J. Hawthorne who purchased the ticket at the Tom Thumb on Chumuckla Highway. It was one of three winning tickets sold. The winning numbers…… MORE
PENSACOLA POLICE INVESTIGATING FOUND BODY
Pensacola Police say they recovered a body from the water Saturday afternoon near the boat launch on 17th Avenue at the end of the fishing pier. Police said a man jumped from the Pensacola Bay Fishing Pier Thursday night but they have not said if it is the same man. On Friday, a construction worker…… MORE
PENSACOLA CARJACKER ARRESTED
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office says a Pensacola man has been arrested after carjacking a woman then crashing the stolen vehicle. The victim told responding deputies she was sleeping inside her home on Le Moyne Lane, when 40-year-old Jonathan Cook kicked in her front door, pointed a gun at her and demanded money. She told…… MORE
