Emergency lines on Saturday afternoon were flooded by calls from residents of eastern Bay County who reported a gigantic plume of smoke. The smoke was coming from a large controlled burn at Tyndall Air Force Base and no structures were damaged.… MORE
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UBER DRIVER SHOT
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office says a 29-year-old Uber driver was found dead of a gunshot wound Sunday morning. The Sheriff’s Office says Filip Kirilov was found inside his blue van in the 600 block of Santa Rosa Bloulevard. around 6:30 Sunday morning. Investigators believe he was shot between 4 and 6 a.m. but a…… MORE
MURDER INVESTIGATION CONTINUES
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate a murder Wednesday night in the Mayfair area. Deputies responded to Trenton Drive and Edison Drive to find 19-year old Jaquan Berry dead from multiple gunshot wounds. So far there have been no arrests and anyone with information is asked to call the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office…… MORE
SUPREME COURT SALES TAX DECISION
A U.S. Supreme Court decision expanding the ability of states to pull in tax dollars from online purchases could have a significant impact in Florida. The ruling reversed a 1992 court decision that said that online retailers could only be required to collect sales taxes if they had stores in states. Consumers were supposed to…… MORE
SANTA ROSA COUNTY TRAFFIC FATALITY
The Florida Highway Patrol says a 76-year-old Milton man was killed after his pickup was rear-ended by a semi-truck in Santa Rosa County yesterday. Troopers say Jimmy Berger was driving a pickup east on Interstate 10 at mile-marker 22 when he had to suddenly reduce speed due to traffic congestion and was struck by the…… MORE
SANTA ROSA COUNTY DEATH INVESTIGATION
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office says a dead body was found at a store in East Milton. The body was discovered last night at the Dollar General on Highway 90. No information has been released about the person’s identity or the cause of death other than there are no indications of foul play. The…… MORE
DRUG OVERDOSE SENTENCE
A 25-year-old Ft. Walton Beach woman has pleaded guilty to manslaughter for her role in a fatal drug overdose of a Shalimar man. On October 3, 2015, 36-year-old Chad Beezley of Shalimar was found dead from a heroin overdose inside his home. Investigators determined that Darian Caldwell supplied the drugs that killed him. Caldwell was…… MORE
DESTIN WALMART EVACUATED
The Walmart in Destin was evacuated and closed for about an hour last night because of a broken pipe in the store. Destin Fire Department Battalion Chief Mark Hutchinson said a refrigerant line in the deli section broke around 7 p.m. Firefighters were dispatched to the store and Okaloosa County sheriff’s deputies helped direct traffic.…… MORE
CANTONMENT SHOOTING
Deputies responded to a report of shots fired in the 500 block of Irene Lane, just north of Muscogee Road, in Cantonment around 10:30 p.m. last night. The victim told deputies said someone knocked on his door and when he opened it someone shot him in the stomach. He was transported by Escambia County EMS…… MORE
IMMIGRATION POLICY PROTEST
A non-violent protest will be held today at the Martin Luther King Jr. monument on Palafox Street in Pensacola to call for change to the White House’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy that separates children from their families. The event is hosted by the Santa Rosa County Florida Democratic Executive committee, the North West Florida Small…… MORE
