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COVID-19 UPDATE
The Florida Department of Health says Florida added 2,056 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday to bring the state’s total to 652,148. There were also 200 new deaths, bringing the State's death toll to 1...
Sep 09, 2020
COVID-19 IN SCHOOLS
More than 900 students and teachers across Escambia and Santa Rosa counties are in quarantine for either testing positive for COVID-19 or being exposed to it. Santa Rosa County School Superintendent T...
Sep 09, 2020
ANTI-VAPING BILL VETOED BY GOVERNOR DESANTIS
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has vetoed a bill that would have banned the sale of nearly all flavored electronic-cigarette products and raised the state's smoking age from 18 to 21. DeSantis called r...
Sep 09, 2020
WALTON COUNTY SURF RESCUE
Lifeguards in Walton County are crediting a 44-year-old Marine Corps veteran with rescuing a man and his 12-year-old autistic nephew from rip currents off Princess Beach. Steven Jetton and his family ...
Sep 09, 2020
NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP SEMIFINALISTS
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has named the semifinalists in the 66th annual National Merit Scholarship Program, 12 of whom are from two Escambia County high schools. They will have an op...
Sep 09, 2020
COMPUTER GLITCH CANCELS TOWN COUNCIL MEETING
The Century Town Council was forced to cancel their regular meeting Tuesday night because computer problems prevented them from using the Zoom video conferencing service. Callers who wanted to partici...
Sep 09, 2020
COVID-19 UPDATE
The Florida Department of health says Florida added 1,823 new COVID-19 cases yesterday to bring the state’s total to 650,092. This is the lowest number of cases reported in one day since June 15...
Sep 08, 2020
SCHOOL LUNCH REIMBURSEMENT PROBLEMS
Thousands of Santa Rosa County families who qualify for free or reduced lunch programs did not receive a state-issued Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer – or P-EBT- card that was intended to ...
Sep 08, 2020
COVID-19 UPDATE
The Florida Department of Health says Florida added 2,564 new COVID-19 cases yesterday to bring the state’s total to 646,431. There were also 38 new coronavirus deaths, bringing the death toll t...
Sep 06, 2020
PENSACOLA CONFEDERATE MONUMENT
The City of Pensacola is asking for bids to remove the Confederate monument from Lee Square on Palafox Street. Bids are due back on September 24th and the city will review the bids and select a contra...
Sep 06, 2020
