A Navy petty officer assigned to Eglin Air Force base is part of a federal lawsuit challenging president Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the military. Petty officer second class, Phillip Stephens has served in the Navy for almost 6 years as a structural mechanic and used to be known as Felicia, but after…… MORE
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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
The state Constitution Revision Commission has approved eight proposed constitutional amendments for the November 6th ballot. Those eight proposals will join five other measures already on the ballot for a total of 13 covering 20 subjects. At least 60 percent of voters have to vote in favor of the amendments for them to pass. One…… MORE
SOUTHWEST PILOT TRAINED IN PENSACOLA
Tammie Jo Shults, the pilot of the Southwest Airlines airliner that suffered an explosion in an engine on Tuesday, trained as a pilot at the Naval Air Station here in Pensacola. She was able to bring her twin-engine Boeing 737 in for an emergency landing after the engine blew at 32,000 feet on a flight…… MORE
ARMED COUPLE ARRESTED
Escambia County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man and woman outside an Escambia County school on Tuesday. Deputies went to the Florida Institute of Ultrasound on University Parkway after receiving information that a male and female were on their way to the institute with a gun. 52-year-old Mark and 41-year-old Mary Kinney were apprehended before they…… MORE
WORKER INJURED
A worker was seriously injured during the relocation of the 2-story, Gulfview Hotel in Fort Walton Beach early yesterday morning. Police say Phillip Dehart fell out of a bucket truck just after 3 a.m. Thursday on Miracle Strip Parkway after a Gulf Power truck ran over a cable that then pulled him out of the…… MORE
SHOOTING INVESTIGATION
Escambia County Sheriff’s investigators say a man showed up at Baptist Hospital with a gunshot wound just before noon on Wednesday. Department spokesperson Major Andrew Hobbs said the shooting victim was not cooperating with investigators and told them he does not know who shot him and has no information about the incident. A crime scene…… MORE
ST. ANDREWS PIER TO CLOSE
The pier at St. Andrews State Park in Bay County will be closed for several months beginning Monday, April 23, so new sea turtle-friendly, lights can be installed. The lighting system is being modified to comply with state and county sea turtle nesting season lighting codes. Because the pier will be an active construction zone,…… MORE
CHANGES AT EGLIN AFB OUTPATIENT CLINIC
The Department of Veterans Affairs says prescription pickup will end at Eglin Air Force Base’s outpatient clinic on April 27th as the facility continues its switch to a “first-fill” contract. Prescriptions for medications a veteran needs immediately will have to be filled through local retail pharmacies. Prescriptions for chronic long-term conditions like diabetes, high blood…… MORE
IRS PAYMENT SYSTEM DOWN
IRS Direct Pay, the Internal Revenue Service’s website that allows taxpayers to make payments, went down on Tax Day. The online payment system became unavailable about 2am central time yesterday, but the IRS did not provide an immediate explanation for the failure. The IRS recommends that taxpayers use electronic filing to avoid common mistakes and…… MORE
FLORIDA RED SNAPPER SEASON
Governor Rick Scott has announced Florida’s Red Snapper season will be longer than originally scheduled and anglers will have 40 days in federal and state waters. In 2017 the season was originally set for three-days, but was expanded to 39 days. Wildlife officials had proposed a 24-day season this year. The 2018 recreational season will…… MORE
