Harbor Freight is recalling more than one million chainsaws because they may not shut off. The recall affects 14-inch chainsaws sold under the Portland, One Stop Gardens, and Chicago Electric brand names between May, 2009, and February, 2018. The Chinese-made saws are blamed for three injuries. Customers can return the chainsaw to a Harbor Freight…… MORE
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BAY COUNTY OPIOID LAWSUIT
Bay County is suing pharmaceutical companies, alleging negligence on their part in the opioid crisis. The county’s suit has been consolidated in a multi-district litigation case that will be heard by a federal court in Cleveland, Ohio. With 121 prescriptions per 100 people in 2016, Bay County has the second highest per capita rate of…… MORE
BABY RHINO
The Gulf Breeze Zoo says a southern white rhino has been born at the zoo. The healthy 100-pound female is named Katana and is gaining around 10 pounds per day. Fully grown females weigh 3,000 to 4,000 pounds, while adult males weigh up to 5,000 pounds. Because of poaching less than 20,000 Southern white rhinos…… MORE
FORT WALTON BEACH BOMB SCARE
A scare at the Regions Bank on Beal Parkway in Fort Walton Beach yesterday after a suspicious bag was found on the premises. Police and firefighters responded and the area was cleared and the building evacuated. Fortunately, the suspicious bag was found to be a pet carrier bag without any dangerous contents. Once it was…… MORE
JUDICIAL CENTER BOMB THREAT
A bomb threat at the Escambia County Judicial Center yesterday caused the building to be evacuated for close to three hours. Hundreds of prospective jurors, defendants and staff were escorted to nearby Plaza Ferdinand at about 9 a.m. as Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputies and a bomb dog searched the building. No threats were found…… MORE
SUPREME COURT GAMBLING DECISION
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has struck down a federal law barring sports gambling, dozens of states could legalize sports betting. The Supreme Court ruling now gives states the option to legalize sports betting if they want. There is also a proposed constitutional amendment on the November ballot that will allow Florida voters to…… MORE
ALABAMA ESCAPED PRISONER CAPTURED
The Bay County Sheriff’s Office arrested an escaped prisoner from Winston County, Alabama in Panama City over the weekend. Authorities said 51-year-old Curtis Hogeland escaped while working at a saw mill in Winston County while part of a work release program. He was serving time in Alabama for probation violations on drug charges. Bay County…… MORE
MILTON FUGITIVE SOUGHT
The Milton Police Department is seeking a man wanted on warrants for sexual battery charges. Jason Shirley is a 41-year-old white male, 5’9” tall, 195 pounds, brown hair and blue eyes. Milton Chief of Police Tony Tindell says Shirley was living in the residence of the victim at the time the incidents occurred and has worked…… MORE
BAY COUNTY BOATING ACCIDENT
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission continues to investigate a Sunday night boat crash at the St. Andrews State Park jetties. Eight people were rescued after a 30-foot boat owned by Logan and Megan Dezan of Westville, Florida in Holmes County, struck the east side of the jetties around 8:45 p.m. The Coast Guard…… MORE
STOLEN ICE CREAM CART RECOVERED
The case of the stolen ice cream cart in Panama City Beach has been solved. On May 3rd Ice cream vendor Tosh McKenzie reported that someone cut the lock off the storage unit at Pilcher Storage Center in Panama City Beach where the bright yellow cart – valued at $2,500 – was stored and took…… MORE
