The Pensacola Police Department continues to search for the driver of a white Dodge Challenger that was involved in a deadly hit and run Wednesday night. Investigating officers say the driver ran a red light and hit three people crossing Cervantes Street – killing 8-month-old Neariaah Baldwin and 28-year-old Nephateria Williams. The child’s mother, Quineka…… MORE
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CONCEALED WEAPONS PERMITS REVOKED
The State of Florida has says it has revoked nearly 300 concealed weapon permits were taken from people who got them after the state failed to do proper background checks. Florida did not check applications against a national database set up by federal authorities. 365 applications were reviewed after the problem was discovered and permits…… MORE
The Florida Highway Patrol says a 46-year-old Navarre man died after he was struck by a vehicle while trying to cross Highway 98 early yesterday morning. Troopers say Troy Walter of Navarre was attempting to cross at the intersection of Wynnehaven Beach Road just after midnight when he was hit by an eastbound S.U.V. driven…… MORE
MEXICO BEACH TRAFFIC FATALITY
The Florida Highway Patrol says a Port St. Joe man was killed in a head-on wreck on Highway 98 in Mexico Beach on Saturday. Troopers say the 61-year-old man – whose name has not yet been released – was driving his pickup west on Highway 98 at 19th Street about 2:15pm when he crossed the…… MORE
FLORIDA PRISON VISITATION
The Florida Department of Corrections is being criticized by family members of inmates because of their proposal to cut prison visitation in half at facilities under certain conditions. The department has been phasing in multimedia kiosks that would allow emails and video calling – at a significant cost to friends and families. J-Pay, a Florida-based…… MORE
RARE PLANT FOUND
A rare plant was recently discovered in the Blackwater River State Forest. Craig Iversen, forest ecology supervisor for Blackwater, says a new population of American chaffseed has been found. Chaffseed is a federally listed endangered species and once was found throughout 15 Southeastern and Eastern states but now is limited to five states. This new…… MORE
CARJACK SUSPECTS IDENTIFIED
Pensacola Police have identified the two suspects they believe committed an armed carjacking in Pensacola last week and then continued their crime spree in South Florida. They are: 31-year-old Lessie Proctor, and 19-year-old Annastasia Coenen. They are originally from Wisconsin but had been living in Pensacola for about a year. They car-jacked a red Hyundai…… MORE
GULF POWER FINED
The State of Florida has fined the Gulf Power company for operating an unlined coal ash landfill. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection issued a consent order to Gulf Power in January, fining the company $32,500 for the violation and ordering it to develop a four-year plan to address problems with the landfill and to…… MORE
SEARS STORE TO CLOSE
The Pensacola News Journal is reporting that the Sears store in University Town Plaza will close in July, but the Sears Outlet store in the Pensacola Square Shopping Center will remain open, as will the Sears Hometown store in Milton. The Sears Holding Corporation has closed around 400 Sears and K-Mart stores nationwide in the…… MORE
SUICIDE RATES
A new report from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Florida’s suicide rate increased almost 11 percent from 1999 to 2016. Nationally, the report showed a 25.4 percent increase during the period, with only Nevada seeing a decrease in its suicide rate. With nearly 45,000 suicides across the country in 2016, the…… MORE
