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MOTORCYCLE DEATH
The Florida Highway Patrol says one man was killed and another seriously injured in a two-vehicle accident Saturday night in Escambia County. Troopers say a 31-year-old Pensacola man was southbound on...
Aug 16, 2020
BAY BRIDGE MULTI-USE PATH TO OPEN
The Pensacola Bay Bridge multi-use path is scheduled to open to the public this afternoon. The path will allow bicycles and pedestrians to safely cross from Pensacola to Gulf Breeze and has gone throu...
Aug 16, 2020
COVID-19 UPDATE
The Florida Department of Health says there were 148 new COVID-19 deaths Thursday bringing the state's total to 9,046. There were also 6,236 new cases bringing the statewide total to 557,137 cases. Th...
Aug 13, 2020
CHILD ABUSE CHARGES DROPPED
State Attorney Bill Eddins says charges have been dropped against a 26-year-old Milton woman who was arrested last month on suspicion of child abuse. Heidi Burchinal was arrested July 21st after her b...
Aug 13, 2020
UNSAFE BACTERIA LEVELS IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY
The Florida Department of Health’s "Healthy Beaches Program" has included three Escambia County bodies of water on a list of Florida beaches that had the highest percentage of days with unsafe b...
Aug 13, 2020
FORT PICKENS FISHING PIER TO CLOSE TEMPORARILY
Gulf Islands National Seashore says the Fort Pickens Fishing Pier will be closed next week for a day so University of West Florida researchers can conduct an underwater study of sea turtles. The pier ...
Aug 13, 2020
SANTA ROSA COUNTY TEACHERS LAID OFF
160 teachers in Santa Rosa County have been laid off or reassigned Wednesday because of declining student enrollment numbers due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Superintendent Tim Wyrosdick said with school...
Aug 13, 2020
COVID-19 VACCINE PILOT PROGRAM
Florida Surgeon General Scott Rivkees said Florida will participate in a COVID-19 vaccine pilot program with the federal government. Rivkees said Florida was one of four states chosen to participate, ...
Aug 13, 2020
COVID-19 UPDATE
The Florida Department of Health is reporting 13 new COVID-19 deaths across Northwest Florida yesterday; 6 in Escambia County, 1 in Santa Rosa County, 4 in Okaloosa OVID-19 County and 2 in Walton Coun...
Aug 12, 2020
AIR MARSHAL ARRESTED
A Department of Homeland Security Federal Air Marshal has been arrested in Okaloosa County. 56-year-old Kenny Cauthen, of Jonesboro, Georgia, was arrested at a bar after he patted a woman's buttocks a...
Aug 11, 2020
