A close call for a Beulah Academy of Science school bus yesterday morning when a power line fell on it. The bus was stopped on Beulah Road at Nine Mile Road when the line fell shortly before 6:30am. Fortunately, there were no students on the bus, and the driver was not injured. The bus did…… MORE
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FLORIDA GOVERNOR-ELECT APPOINTMENT
Florida Republican Governor-elect Ron DeSantis has selected a former House speaker to be education commissioner and a Democratic state representative to head the state’s Division of Emergency Management. Former House Speaker Richard Corcoran backed Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam in the Republican primary for governor and harshly criticized DeSantis at the time. Corcoran would still need…… MORE
OKALOOSA COUNTY TEACHER SENTENCED
Former Okaloosa County special education teacher Marlynn Stillions – convicted of abusing a 4-year-old nonverbal autistic child in her care -will serve seven years in prison. The abuse occurred during the 2015-16 school year at Kenwood Elementary School. Circuit Court Judge Michael Flowers sentenced Stillions to five years in prison on the first count of…… MORE
CONCEALED WEAPON PROCESS REVIEW
Florida’s Auditor General Sherrill Norman says a follow-up report on the handling of the state’s concealed-carry permitting process indicates a lack of management oversight by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The report says more controls are needed over employees who review applications. Mistakes in the review process, caused at least 300 concealed-weapons permits…… MORE
PEARL HARBOR ANNIVERSARY OBSERVANCE
The National Naval Aviation Museum will honor the World War II generation on the 77th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The event starts at 10 a.m. Friday in the museum’s Blue Angels Atrium and is open to the public. World War II veterans and families are invited to be recognized for their…… MORE
SANTA ROSA PRISON CORRECTION OFFICERS ARRESTED
The Florida Department of Corrections says two more female correctional officers have been arrested for trying to smuggle contraband into the men’s prison in Santa Rosa County. Correctional Officer Trainee Arielle Oberdier was arrested after investigators seized a cellphone from an inmate dorm that revealed text messages between her and an inmate. Correctional Officer Lianne…… MORE
INTERSTATE 10 TRAFFIC FATALITY
The Florida Highway Patrol says a Santa Rosa Beach woman was killed and two passengers in her car critically injured yesterday afternoon in a one-vehicle crash on Interstate 10. Troopers say 38-year-old Joni Pridgen, 38, was eastbound on I-10 near Mossy Head when she lost control of her vehicle, ran off the Interstate and hit…… MORE
GOVERNOR WILL SERVE FULL TERM
Governor Rick Scott says he will serve out his full second term under an arrangement that will lead to a five-day delay in him joining the U.S. Senate next month. Scott, who was first elected as governor in 2010 and re-elected in 2014, is scheduled to remain as governor until January 8th, when Gov.-elect Ron…… MORE
ESCAMBIA COUNTY SUSPICIOUS PERSON ALERT
Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan says his agency has received reports of an individual attempting to pick up children in a vehicle. He was described as an older man in a white or black van, or SUV, who offered the child a ride. Palafox Street and the Pine Forest Road areas are being reported, but…… MORE
HADJI SHRINE BUILDING SAFE
Last week the roof over the portico over the driveway at the front entrance of the Hadji Shrine Temple on Nine Mile Road suddenly collapsed. A woman was injured and taken to Sacred Heart Hospital as a trauma alert, but did not suffer life-threatening injuries. Escambia County Fire Rescue and EMS resonded Saturday to a…… MORE
