An athlete at Pine Forest High School went into cardiac arrest on Wednesday night while playing basketball. Sophomore Jaylen Clausell, an All-Area defensive end with several offers from schools including Auburn and Central Florida, has been on a ventilator for the last three days. Doctors are still trying to determine the cause of the cardiac…… MORE
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FLORIDA DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio says Florida’s desire for year-round daylight-saving time may have a difficult time in Congress. Florida Governor Rick Scott signed legislation last week intended to put Florida on year-round daylight-saving time, but such a change requires congressional approval. The idea of year-round daylight-saving time has been promoted as a way to help…… MORE
FERRY SERVICE
The National Park Services has selected the company that will operate the ferry service that will run between downtown Pensacola, Fort Pickens and Pensacola Beach. North Carolina-based Gulf Coast Maritime Services will be responsible for providing at least three loops each day for passenger ferry service, operating two ferry boats owned by the National Park…… MORE
FOUND BODY IDENTIFIED
The Pensacola Police Department has released the identity of the body found Tuesday near Bay Bluffs Park. He is 44-year-old Ian Kreutzer, of Milton. He was found in shallow water near the beach west of Bay Bluffs Park and police said there were were no obvious signs of trauma. The case is still under investigation…… MORE
MISSING TEENS FOUND
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement says two teenage girls who went missing from Milton on Monday have been found safe. Carlee Kemp and Felecity Wright – both 15 – were believed to have run away from home sometime between 7:30 and 8 p.m. Monday. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement Missing Endangered Persons Clearinghouse listed the…… MORE
SHOOTING FATALITY IDENTIFIED
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office says the 24-year-old man who was shot and killed by a Sheriff’s Deputy on Tuesday has been identified. Investigators say Isaac Michael Scroggie, was killed on Bright Water Drive after breaking into a woman’s home and attacking a deouty. Scroggie’s last address was in Pensacola. The Florida Department of…… MORE
FLEEING SUSPECT APPREHENDED
Federal and local law enforcement authorities say a 37-year-old man who ran from a traffic stop, caused a car crash and then committed a home invasion. Escambia County Sheriff’s deputies were called to help the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives conduct a traffic stop on Bryant Lee Williams, yesterday afternoon. Williams refused to…… MORE
BLUE ANGELS PRACTICE CLOSED TO PUBLIC
The Blue Angels practice today, but that practice will not be open to the public as was previously announced. The flight demonstration squadron usually practices aboard Naval Air Station Pensacola on Tuesdays and Thursdays, about 11:30 a.m., and there is a viewing area available for grandstand seating outside the museum. On selected days, team members…… MORE
SIMMONS FILES FOR SHERIFF
The former Chief of the Pensacola Police Department wants to be the Sheriff of Escambia County. Chip Simmons, now chief deputy of the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, has filed to run for sheriff in 2020. Simmons retired as the Pensacola police chief in 2015 after 29-years with the department to become Escambia County’s Assistant County Administrator. In…… MORE
ATTEMPTED MURDER SUSPECT SOUGHT
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is seeking a 26-year-old man who is wanted in connection with an attempted murder last week. Kevin Jordan II is suspected in an attempted homicide that took place Friday in the 3100 block of North Pace Boulevard. Jordan is considered armed and dangerous. Anyone with information on Jordan’s whereabouts, is…… MORE
