The Atmore Alabama Police Department says three people were shot early yesterday morning at an event center in Atmore. It happened inside the assembly hall formerly known at the Chik-A-Dee Nightclub on Carver Avenue. All three victims were adult males. Two were airlifted to a Mobile hospital where one was listed in critical condition and…… MORE
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FLORIDA ELECTION RECOUNTS
Secretary of State Ken Detzner has ordered recounts for the U.S. Senate, governor and agriculture commissioner races. State law requires machine recounts when the margins between candidates are 0.5 percent or less. The machine recounts will take five days, with county canvassing boards required to report results by 3 p.m. Thursday. At that point, races…… MORE
MILTON POLICE SHOOTING
A Milton police officer shot a suspect in the chest yesterday after the man stole two vehicles, crashed one of them, then charged at the officer with a knife. Milton Police Chief Tony Tindell said the officer involved was not injured and acted in self-defense and the suspect is expected to survive. Tindell said the suspect stole a…… MORE
GOVERNOR SCOTT SUES ELECTIONS OFFICIALS
Florida Governor Rick Scott has asked the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to investigate whether south Florida election officials fraudulently mishandled ballots in the U.S. Senate race, and filed lawsuits demanding access to those ballots. Scott accused election officials in Broward and Palm Beach counties, of “rampant fraud” in a vote counting process that has continued two…… MORE
MONITOR LIZARD CAUGHT
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said an 8-foot long monitor lizard which has terrified residents of a suburban Miami neighborhood for months, has been caught. The Asian water monitor lizard was a pet that escaped in in August in a neighborhood in Davie. Wildlife officers and Davie police officers caught it Tuesday. The…… MORE
1,000 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE UPHELD
The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday has upheld a 1,000-year prison prison sentence for a man who was convicted of what the court described as “brutally” assaulting women when he was juvenile in 1983. That means Arthur O’Derrell Franklin, was convicted in three Duval County cases of armed kidnapping, kidnapping, armed sexual battery, and would…… MORE
U.S. SENATE AND FLORIDA GOVERNOR
Both Rick Scott and Ron DeSantis were narrow winners in their hotly contested races. Governor Scott announced victory in his race for the United States Senate against incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson with the State Division of Elections showing Scott was leading by less than 40,000 votes. In the race for Florida Governor the results were…… MORE
MATT GAETZ REELECTED
Congressman Matt Gaetz easily won reelection to a second term against his Democratic opponent, Dr. Jennifer Zimmerman. Gaetz took 67 percent of the almost 322,000 votes cast in the race. He represents Florida’s First Congressional District which includes Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton and part of Holmes County. Gaetz was elected to his first term…… MORE
DOCTOR ANDREWS SUED
A former professional football player is suing Dr. James Andrews and his practice. The lawyer for xx-Minnesota Vikings defensive tackle Sharrif Floyd, says his client suffered permanent nerve and muscle damage in his leg as the result of a 2016 surgery performed at the Andrews Institute for Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, and that he was…… MORE
OKALOOSA COUNTY TORNADO
The National Weather Service says the Okaloosa Correctional Institution work camp on Colonel Greg Malloy Road, was damaged by a probable tornado Monday night as a line of thunderstorms moved through the area. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said the facility’s food service building and outer perimeter fence were damaged and deputies were called to…… MORE
