A fugitive from Ohio has been arrested in Northwest Florida. Justin Smith, a former Ohio soccer coach on trial for sex crimes against a minor, was taken into custody by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Friday evening after being on the run for 45 days. Smith took off after slipping his ankle monitoring bracelet during…… MORE
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FREE PARKING IN DOWNTOWN PENSACOLA
Just in time for Christmas Pensacola’s Downtown Improvement Board is offering free parking. Instead of a ticket on the windshields of parking violators. Inside a real parking ticket envelope drivers learn it is part of Parking Amnesty Day, started by the DIB in 2015. Parking Amnesty Day kicks off a week-long free parking period in…… MORE
100,000th UWF GRADUATE
Over 100,000 people have graduated from The University of West Florida. Actually, the total is 100,305 as of this past Saturday when UWF President Martha Saunders conferred 1,777 degrees to graduates from five academic colleges and the UWF Graduate School at the Pensacola Bay Center. UWF first opened as an upper-division school for juniors and…… MORE
FLORIDA RECREATIONAL RED SNAPPER SEASON
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has issued an update on the red snapper fishery and the 2019 Gulf red snapper recreational season. Under the draft proposal, the Gulf season would be open from June 11th until July 12th, with a possible fall reopening if the quota permits. The season would apply to those…… MORE
NAVARRE BEACH LIFEGUARDS
Navarre Beach Fire Rescue has announced it will partner with Santa Rosa County to provide lifeguard services for the 2019 season. The county’s water department previously provided the service. Navarre Beach Fire Rescue will hire 15-20 people for the new lifeguard positions, including several roaming lifeguards on all-terrain vehicles.… MORE
GULF COUNTY DRUG BUST
The Gulf County Sheriff’s Office says a late-night traffic stop ended with deputies seizing more than a million dollars in cash and narcotics. Gulf County Sheriff Mike Harrison said after deputies stopped 29-year-old Cinque Sims, of Callaway for a traffic violation, he jumped from the van he was driving and fled on foot. He was…… MORE
STAND YOUR GROUND COURT DECISION
The Florida Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that Florida law enforcement officers can invoke the state’s “stand your ground” law to protect them from criminal prosecution in a shooting. The ruling came in the case of a Broward County sheriff’s deputy, charged with manslaughter in the 2013 fatal shooting of a man carrying what turned…… MORE
HURRICANE MICHAEL BUDGET IMPACT
The impact of Hurricane Michael will put increased pressure on Florida’s budget and the storm will exceed the costs for Hurricane Irma in 2017. State analysts now project that a potential 223 million dollar budget surplus has likely disappeared. Senate Appropriations Chairman Rob Bradley said the new report means lawmakers will have to be very…… MORE
PROWLER ARRESTED
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office says a 27-year-old Cantonment man was arrested after he was found with dozens of driver’s licenses in his possession. Deputies responded to a prowler complaint on Unity Court near Lincoln Park and found Brett Barlow sitting on someone’s back porch. Inside Barlow’s satchel, deputies found 36 driver’s licenses from 19…… MORE
SANTA ROSA DEPUTY CLEARED IN SHOOTING
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement says a Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office deputy has been cleared of wrongdoing after he shot a naked man who aimed a crossbow at him. It happened back on October 20th when deputies responded to a report of a domestic disturbance at a home on Highway 4 in Jay…… MORE
