Florida U.S. Senator Bill Nelson has conceded the Senate race to Governor Rick Scott. The final results show Scott defeated Nelson by just over 10,000 votes out of 8 million cast. The three-term incumbent was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000 and before that served six terms in the U.S. House and as…… MORE
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BALLOT COUNT DEADLINE NOT EXTENDED
A federal judge has denied a request to extend today’s 3 p.m. deadline to recount ballots for a number of tight races in Florida, including the races for Governor and U.S. Senate. Susan Bucher, the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections, said her county needed more time to recount the ballots because they were using…… MORE
NEW BEACH PARKING
An Escambia County man has claimed a top prize in the Florida Lottery’s $10,000 Week for Life Scratch-Off game. 47-year-old Jonathan Wiggins of Century collected his winnings in Tallahassee. opting for a one-time lump-sum payment of $8,450,000. Tickets for the are $20 each and the Florida Lottery says three of the six top prizes have…… MORE
FLORIDA MANUAL RECOUNT ORDERED
Florida secretary of State Sarah Revell has ordered a manual recount in the state’s hotly contested U.S. Senate race. Unofficial returns from a machine recount had triggered a second recount in the Senate race and the state agriculture commissioner’s race. State law requires a hand recount of races with margins of .25 percentage points or…… MORE
ESCAMBIA COUNTY RECOUNT COMPLETED
The Escambia County Supervisor of Elections office says the machine recount of three statewide races has been completed. In the Senate race, Republican Rick Scott gained three votes in Escambia County, and Democratic Bill Nelson lost two votes and in the race for governor, Ron DeSantis gained one vote, while Democrat Andrew Gillum’s total remained…… MORE
GOVERNOR SCOTT RECUSES HIMSELF
Florida Governor Rick Scott will recuse himself from the state’s canvassing commission. The commission is a three-member panel that officially signs off on election results in state and federal races. The League of Women Voters of Florida and another group have filed a lawsuit seeking to remove Scott from any official control over the election.…… MORE
PLANTS RECOVERING AFTER MICHAEL
A month after Hurricane Michael devastated the Florida Panhandle trees are starting to put out new sprouts and some plants, such as azaleas and Japanese magnolias, have started to flower out of season. Julie McConnell, a horticultural agent with the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences in Bay County. Said the science…… MORE
CRESTVIEW SCHOOL THREAT ARREST
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Crestview says a 15-year-old High School student has been arrested for threatening to shoot another student. Drew Williams is charged with making a false report concerning the use of a firearm in a violent manner against a person. After making the threat during a Facetime video chat to bring a firearm…… MORE
CHARTER SCHOOL OWNER SENTENCED
Marcus May, the former owner of the Newpoint Charter School here in Pensacola, has been sentenced to 20 years in state prison and fined 5 million dollars. May was convicted of two counts of racketeering and one count of organized fraud after a four-week trial. It’s one of the first racketeering cases involving a charter…… MORE
DETENTION FACILITY DEMOLITION
Escambia County is moving closer to demolishing the Central Booking and Detention Facility that was destroyed in a natural gas explosion four years ago. Although no date has been set for the start of the demolition. County Commissioner Lumon May will holding a town hall meeting Wednesday his evening to ensure that residents in the…… MORE
