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
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NAS WHITING IS 75 YEARS OLD
Naval Air Station Whiting Field, in Santa Rosa County, celebrated its 75th anniversary this week. Currently, Whiting Field trains nearly 1,200 pilots each year in the basics of flying – 600 in fixed-wing aircraft, 500 in helicopters, and an additional 100 pilots in tilt-rotor aircraft. Commanding Officer Captain Paul Bowdich, said the base is busiest…… MORE
PENSACOLA TOBACCO PRODUCTS TAX
Pensacola City Council Vice President Sherri Myers is proposing a tax on nicotine products in the City of Pensacola to discourage people from using them. Myers said the products are bad for the public’s health and said the revenue generated by the tax could be used to fund youth sports programs. Myers doesn’t have an…… MORE
SUN PASS CHAOS
Florida is halting payments to Maryland-based Conduent State and Local Solutions, the company contracted to upgrade the SunPass toll-collection system. The upgrades to the SunPass Centralized Customer Service System were supposed to have been completed June 11th. However, no completion date has been set to catch up on the backload of at least 100 million…… MORE
DEFUNIAK FIRE VICTIM IDENTIFIED
The 68-year-old woman who died in a late-night fire in Defuniak Springs over the weekend has been identified by Walton County authorities. The fire was in a mobile home in the 200 block of Josephine Street and was reported just after 11 o’clock Sunday night. Walton County Fire Rescue and Walton County Sheriff’s Office responded…… MORE
PENSACOLA POLICE DEATH INVESTIGATION
Pensacola police are investigating a report of a body found in a car near the Graffiti Bridge yesterday afternoon. Police said the car was in the area of Belmont Street and 16th avenues a block or two north of the bridge. The cause of death still has to be determined and few details of the…… MORE
BEACH BOAT RESCUE
The U.S. Coast Guard people rescued 11 people near Pensacola Beach on Saturday afternoon after their boat capsized during the Blue Angels air show. The 34-foot boat was a half-mile south of Pensacola Beach and the Coast Guard’s 45-foot response boat, along with assistance from other boaters, picked up all 11 people and took them to Holiday Harbor…… MORE
I-10 TRAFFIC FATALITY
The Florida Highway Patrol said a truck driver died in a single-vehicle crash Saturday night on Interstate 10. Troopers said 45-year-old Michael Centeno of Homestead was westbound on I-10 near mile marker 90 when his tractor-trailer ran off the Interstate and struck several trees. Centeno, who was wearing a seat belt, died in the crash…… MORE
KICKBACK PLEAS
Two men have pleaded guilty in federal court in Pensacola to participating in a contracting and kickback scheme involving hundreds of thousands of dollars. A former contracting officer at Eglin Air Force Base, 53-year-old Jerry Vertefeuille of Niceville, and 37-year-old Christopher Carter of Fort Walton Beach, owner of TCC Services Unlimited, pleaded guilty to conspiracy…… MORE
BAY COUNTY CONTRABAND ARREST
A 32-year-old Bay County inmate has been charged with trying to smuggle synthetic marijuana into the jail by coating pieces of paper with the liquid form of the substance. The Bay County Sheriff’s Office says on May 4th Bertucci contacted 32-year-old Justin Paradise using the jail phone system, which is a recorded line, and arranged…… MORE
