The Florida Supreme Court has suspended the license of former chief assistant State Attorney Greg Wilson, of the 14th Judicial Circuit, who is waiting to be sentenced for possession of contraband in a detention facility. Wilson – who had left the State Attorney’s Office in Bay County and was in private practice – was convicted…… MORE
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ESCAMBIA COUNTY FATAL DUI CRASH
The Florida Highway Patrol said a 28-year-old Escambia County man has been charged with the death of two people killed in a traffic crash early yesterday morning in Ensley. Troopers say Just before 3am Jamie Hamrick, was southbound on Old Palafox just south of Hood Drive when his Honda Civic ran off the road into…… MORE
ECUA RATE INCREASE
A 4 percent rate increase for water and sewer Emerald Coast Utilities Authority customers goes into effect Monday. The increase amounts to an additional $1.02 for water customers with an average usage of 6,000 gallons of water per month, and a $1.31 for a sewer customer who uses an average of 4,600 gallons per month.…… MORE
SANTA ROSA SCHOOLS VACCINATION PROGRAM
The Santa Rosa County School District has suspended their student vaccination program after more parents complained that their children received flu shots without their consent. One mother said that she wrote on the permission form not to give her daughter a flu shot, but she received one anyway. Dr. Pamela Michelle Grier-Hall, with Community Health…… MORE
. FLORIDA SUPREME COURT SELECTION LAWSUIT
Florida Gov Rick Scott is asking the state’s highest court to throw out a lawsuit challenging his authority to appoint three new justices to the state’s Supreme Court. The League of Women Voters and Common Cause maintain the picks should be made by Scott’s successor. Age limits are forcing three justices to retire on the…… MORE
AIR FORCE SEXUAL HARASSMENT STUDY
According to a recent study by the RAND Corporation’s National Defense Research Institute study, Hurlburt Field ranked ninth among Air Force installations where Air Force women faced the greatest risk of sexual assault or sexual harassment. However, that risk was less than 1 percent. The highest-ranked base on the list, Oklahoma’s Vance Air Force Base,…… MORE
GRAY TRIGGERFISH SEASON CLOSED
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation commission says starting tomorrow, the gray triggerfish season is closed in state waters. The FWC said the decision to close the season early was made after harvest projections indicated the quota has already been reached. The closure will remain in effect through December 31st and will reopen on March…… MORE
FATAL TRACTOR ACCIDENT
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office says a tractor accident in Molino yesterday afternoon claimed the life of a four-year child. Officials received a call around 3 p.m. on Wednesday that the boy had been run over by a tractor in the 600 block of Highway 196. Emergency Medical Services responded and pronounced the child dead…… MORE
SCENIC HIGHWAY TRAFFIC FATALITY
The Florida Highway Patrol says an early morning traffic crash on Scenic Highway in Escambia County took the life of a 49-year-old man. Troopers say 49-year-old Michael Rhatigan was northbound on Scenic Highway around 12:45 am yesterday when his pickup left the road crashed into a concrete center divider and a pole. He was transported…… MORE
NAKED MAN ARRESTED
A Santa Rosa homeowner found something usual in his front yard – a naked man. Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s deputies arrived at the home in the 5800 block of Hamilton Bridge Road in Milton and found 35-year-old Jerry Outler lying nude behind bushes in the front yard. He told them he did not know how…… MORE
