A Florida state senator has filed a proposal that could repeal a controversial law that critics say helps private landowners prevent public access to some beach areas. Senator Darryl Rouson, a Democrat from St. Petersburg, filed Senate Bill 54. The new law took effect on July 1st and did away with Walton County’s Customary Use…… MORE
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FLORIDA SUPREME COURT RULING
In a 4-3 decision the Florida Supreme Court has ruled that Governor Rick Scott does have the authority to appoint a replacement for a retiring Northeast Florida circuit judge. The case centered on whether Scott – or voters – should pick a replacement for 4th Judicial Circuit Judge Robert Foster, who was originally slated to…… MORE
SHOOTING SUSPECT WAIVES EXTRADITION
The suspect in a triple shooting in Atmore, Alabama, who was arrested in Escambia County Florida, is now back to Alabama. 34-year-old Anji Lynn Baker, of Bay Minette, waived extradition and Alabama authorities transported him back to the Detention Center in Brewton, Alabama, to face three counts of attempted murder and a charge of shooting…… MORE
MULTIPLE HIT AND RUN CHARGES
The Florida Highway Patrol says a 38-year-old Navarre man managed to rear-end 11 different vehicles on Highway 98 over the weekend. Troopers say Daniel Weidman was eastbound from Gulf Breeze to Navarre at around 5 p.m. Saturday and failed to stop at any of the crashes. After the last collision Weidman lost control of his…… MORE
GAS PRICES CONTINUE TO FALL
Gas prices continue to decline and are now at their lowest levels of the year in many areas. The price of crude oil dropped by more than 10 percent over concerns that strong global oil production will overpower demand. Gas prices in Florida are now averaging $2.43 per gallon – 7 cents less than a…… MORE
CELL PHONES AND DRIVING BILL
A bill that would allow law-enforcement officers to pull over motorists for using cell phones while driving will be back before the Florida Legislature in 2019. The bill would prohibit texting, reading data or talking on wireless handheld devices while behind the wheel. However, the proposed bill would allow drivers to use hands-free wireless devices…… MORE
OUTLYING LANDING FIELD MASTER PLANNER
Escambia County Commissioners have approved the proposed scope of work for a professional planning firm to develop the Navy Outlying Field 8 property of Nine Mile Road. The county has spent more than 17 million dollars to build a helicopter training field for the Navy to swap it with the one in Beulah next to…… MORE
ATTEMPTED CHILD ABDUCTION
Pensacola Police say a 37-year-old woman was arrested for trying to abduct a child from a Pensacola store yesterday afternoon. PPD spokesman Officer Mike Wood said a mother and her 2-year-old were shopping at the Dollar General at “T” and Cervantes streets, when English enticed the child with a stuffed animal then grabbed the toddler…… MORE
PEDESTRIAN FATALITY IDENTIFIED
The Florida Highway Patrol has identified the bicyclist who was struck and killed near the intersection of “W” Street and Industrial Court back on November the 8th. Troopers say 28-year-old Christopher Usher of Pensacola was southbound on a bicycle on “W” Street just before 6 p.m. when he was struck by an SUV. Usher was…… MORE
CARJACKING SUSPECT OUT OF HOSPITAL
A 32-year-old Milton man shot by a Milton police officer on November 8th is out of the hospital. BradleyHobbs was charged with carjacking a woman and fleeing from an officer. He eventually crashed the stolen truck and charged at an officer with a knife and was shot in the chest. According to the jail log,…… MORE
