Beginning tomorrow Supervisors of Elections in Florida will begin processing applications from previously ineligible voters with felony convictions. The Voting Restoration Amendment was approved by voters in the 2018 general election and restores voting rights of Floridians with felony convictions after they complete all terms of their sentence including parole or probation. The amendment does…… MORE
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INCOME TAX REFUNDS COULD BE DELAYED
Effects of the partial government shutdown continue to spread. Now it appears that income tax refunds could be delayed as the Internal Revenue Service has sent home 90 percent of its workforce since the shutdown began on December 22nd. The IRS said the average tax refund last year in the U.S. was just more than…… MORE
GOVERNOR APPOINTMENTS
Incoming Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has appointed new secretaries of state agencies. DeSantis named Mark Inch, a retired U.S. Army major general who also worked as director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, to serve as secretary of the Department of Corrections and Chad Poppell to head the Department of Children and Families. He also…… MORE
EGLIN TRAINING EXERCISE
The Air Force’s 96th Test Wing will hold an Active Assailant Training Exercise this morning at the base’s Eglin Elementary School from 9-11 a.m., which is intended to test emergency response plans. There will be increased activity at the school involving first responders and emergency response vehicles. The training was planned in conjunction with a…… MORE
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PENSACOLA FATAL SHOOTING
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the fatal shooting of a woman Thursday morning at the Key West Inn motel on Pensacola Boulevard. Responding deputies found 27-year-old Jasamyne Blunt, dead from a gunshot wound about 4 a.m. 26-year-old Johnnie Lee Graphenreid, was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of…… MORE
OPIOID TRAFFICKING ARRESTS
The Pensacola News Journal is reporting that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has arrested 21 people who ran an opioid trafficking ring that stretched from the Panhandle to South Florida. Investigators said the illegal prescription drugs were distributed in Miami-Dade, Broward, Walton and Okaloosa counties. Called “Operation Crazy 8” it targeted members of the…… MORE
CENTURY SUNSHINE LAW VIOLATION
The State Attorney’s Office says three Century Town Council members are facing noncriminal charges. The three – Sandra Jackson, Ann Brooks, and Luis Gomez, Jr. – have been charged with noncriminal violations of the Florida Government in the Sunshine Law. If found guilty, they could be fined up to $500. The three council members allegedly…… MORE
BAY COUNTY FAKE BOMB CHARGES
The Springfield Police Department says a Bay County man was charged with possession of a hoax weapon of mass destruction after a mock bomb was found in his car on Wednesday. Officers stopped 33-year-old Joshua Abernathy, of Panama City Beach, for a traffic violation and found the device in his vehicle. They exited the area,…… MORE
BEACH ANTI-SMOKING BAN
A bill filed in the Florida legislature would ban all tobacco smoking on Florida’s public beaches. Currently, it is illegal to litter on beaches, but smoking is allowed. However, it can take anywhere from 18 months to 10 years for a cigarette filter to fully decompose. The proposed bill would have a twenty-five-dollar fine or…… MORE
