Pensacola Police say the body of a Pensacola woman who was reported missing last month, has been found. Detectives found the body of 25-year-old Cassandra Robinson at about 8 p.m. yesterday inside a cargo trailer near Fairfield Drive and 65th Avenue. Robinson was reported missing by her family in early June. She had not been…… MORE
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PENSACOLA BEACH TRAUMA ALERT
A man was airlifted to a hospital as a trauma alert after falling from a balcony at a house on Pensacola Beach. The call was received around 3:30pm at a house in the 300 block of Panferio Drive. Life Flight was called to the scene, and the man was airlifted just after 4:30 p.m. His name has…… MORE
FLORIDA GUN LAW LEGAL CHALLENGE
Attorney General Pam Bondi is urgig a circuit judge to dismiss a challenge to a law that imposes strict penalties on local governments and officials who violate a restriction on regulating guns and ammunition. The case comes from a decades-old law that gives the state power to regulate firearms and ammunition and preempts the ability…… MORE
BEACH PUBLIC ACCESS LAW
Florida Governor Rick Scott has placed a moratorium on state regulation that could inhibit public beach access. The law nullified Walton County’s customary use ordinance and Scott said it has created considerable confusion and some have even interpreted it as restricting beach access. However, the Governor said he is committed to keeping beaches open to…… MORE
PENSACOLA HAZMAT RESPONSE
The Pensacola Fire Department, Escambia County Fire Rescue’s Hazmat team and the Pensacola Police Department all responded to a report of a suspicious package at the Tippin Avenue Post Office just north of Creighton Road yesterday. Around 9am postal workers notified authorities there was a small package that was leaking liquid that had a strong smell.…… MORE
STATE CORRECTIONS OFFICER ARRESTED
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office says a 37-year-old State corrections officer been arrested for pointing a gun at his 11-year old stepson. The child told deputies that during an argument with his mother, Leggett pulled a pistol and pointed at him and his mother. The child’s mother denied that Leggett displayed a weapon or pointed…… MORE
OKALOOSA CHILD ABUSE CASE
The Northwest Florida Daily News is reporting that former Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy Glenn Hand, now a trooper with the Florida Highway Patrol, was the subject of internal and criminal investigations before he switched agencies. Hand is believed to be the source of a threatening phone call made to Eddie Perillo the father of a…… MORE
SMOKING BAN IN PUBLIC HOUSING
The U.S. Housing and Urban Development says starting July 31st, smoking will no longer be allowed in public housing nationwide. This ban was announced in November 2016 but public housing agencies were given until July 31 to abide by the new rule. No smoking will be allowed within 25 feet of any public housing or…… MORE
VITAMIN SUPPLEMENT STUDY
A study by the Journal of the American College of Cardiology says most popular supplements such as multivitamins, vitamin D, calcium and vitamin C do not prevent heart disease or stroke. Natural health experts and some nutritionists believe a healthy diet eliminates the need for supplements. However, one exception may be folate or other B…… MORE
ROAD WORK DELAY
The Florida Department of Transportation had expected to have intersection of Highway 98 and Indian Bayou Trail in Destin open the week of June 25, but a complication will require additional work before it can be reopened to motorists. The intersection has been closed since August 2017 as part of the ongoing Highway 98 widening…… MORE
