After two years as director of the Panama City Center for the Arts Kim Griffin White has resigned. She replaced former director Vicki Dwyer Middlemas who was indicted in February in federal court on 20 counts of wire fraud related to fraudulent wire transfers from the Center’s bank account for personal use, along with four…… MORE
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AIR SHOW ATTENDANCE
Pensacola Beach officials estimate that close to 250,000 people attended the Blue Angels Air Show on Pensacola beach over the weekend. Traffic counts from Escambia County and the Santa Rosa Island Authority showed 83,123 vehicles entered the beach from either direction between Wednesday and Saturday. Officials multiply each vehicle by three to estimate the number of people…… MORE
CITY CIGARETTE TAX
The Pensacola News Journal is reporting that City Councilwoman Sherri Myers wants a legal opinion on whether the city of Pensacola can tax cigarettes and e-cigarettes. Myers told the News Journal she hopes revenue from the new tax could fund the city’s contribution to a public skate park in downtown Pensacola. The City has no…… MORE
CRAB ISLAND ORDINANCE
Okaloosa County commissioners have unanimously passed an ordinance that will regulate floating structures on Crab Island. The ordinance, passed will eliminate the sale or distribution of alcohol unless it’s licensed by the state and takes effect in November. Vendors will also have to move their vessels nightly starting in November 2019. Most business owners feel…… MORE
SHORE-BASED SHARK FISHING BAN
Shore-based fishing for sharks may be banned in Florida. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted last April to impose limits on shore-based shark fishing, and nine workshops have been scheduled around the state, with specific proposals to go to the Conservation Commission in December. Swimmers have expressed concern that the activity could endanger…… MORE
OPIOID OVERDOSE DRUG
Three weeks ago the Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office started issuing Narcan to deputies – the drug that can quickly reverse the effects of an opioid overdose – and they’ve already saved three lives. Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson says all patrol deputies and school resource officers now carry Narcan and requires no specialized training…… MORE
FT. WALTON POLICE DEPT. INVESTIGATION
The Northwest Florida Daily News is reporting that an investigation into complaints lodged against the two highest ranking officers in the Fort Walton Beach Police Department could be completed by the end of this week. Mark Bonfanti, the labor law attorney hired by the city to conduct the investigation, said he intends to turn over…… MORE
PENSACOLA DEATH INVESTIGATION
Pensacola Police do not believe foul play was involved in the death of a woman whose body was found in a vehicle on Belmont Street on Sunday a few blocks from Graffiti Bridge. A suspicious car was reported on Belmont Street between 16th and 17th avenues Sunday afternoon. Arriving officers found the body of 39-year-old…… MORE
WEEKEND BEACH TRAFFIC COUNT
According to official traffic counts from Escambia County, nearly 1,700 vehicles more vehicle passed through the toll booths at the foot of the Sikes Bridge for the Blue Angels Air Show than did last year. 19,629 vehicles passed through the main beach toll booths Friday and 19,862 passed through Saturday. The main beach parking lot…… MORE
PENSACOLA DEATH INVESTIGATION
Pensacola Police do not believe foul play was involved in the death of a woman whose body was found in a vehicle on Belmont Street on Sunday a few blocks from Graffiti Bridge. A suspicious car was reported on Belmont Street between 16th and 17th avenues Sunday afternoon. Arriving officers found the body of 39-year-old…… MORE
