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COVID-19 UPDATE
The Florida State Department of Health says Florida is nearing 540,000 coronavirus cases. As of yesterday, the state added 4,155 new cases and 93 new deaths. Escambia County had 124 new cases, but no ...
Aug 10, 2020
MILTON MURDER CHARGES
The 61-year-old Milton man, arrested last week on a murder charge, is accused of killing his 59-year-old girlfriend, Vickie Edge, and keeping her body inside his house for two days. Santa Rosa County ...
Aug 10, 2020
CENSUS-TAKERS KNOCKING ON DOORS
Census workers across the country will begin follow-up work on the Census today, knocking on doors. In Florida 60% of people have completed their census response online, by phone or by mail. Census-ta...
Aug 10, 2020
“TASTE OF THE BEACH” CANCELLED
The Pensacola Beach Chamber says the 13th annual Taste of the Beach has been canceled because of concerns about COVID-19. The event was originally scheduled to take place October 9th and 10th. Patty S...
Aug 10, 2020
FISH-ATTRACTING BUOYS
The tourism arm of Okaloosa County is deploying Fish Aggregating Devices, called FADs, a type of buoy designed to attract fish, like swordfish, tuna, king mackerel, mahi mahi, and marlin. The first fo...
Aug 10, 2020
10-DIGIT DIALING COMING
The Florida Public Service Commission says ten-digit dialing will be needed for all calls in the 850 area code starting next February. A transition period will begin August 22nd, with people able to d...
Aug 10, 2020
COVID-19 UPDATE
The Florida Department of Health reported 8,502 new COVID-19 cases 526,577 COVID-19 cases as of Sunday with and 187 deaths. Escambia County had 120 new cases and 5 new deaths - Santa Rosa County had 6...
Aug 09, 2020
ESCAMBIA COUNTY EARLY VOTING
Escambia County's Supervisor of Elections says over 20,000 ballots have already been cast for this year's primary election. On the first day of early voting, which began Saturday, there were 1,712 bal...
Aug 09, 2020
SANTA ROSA COUNTY MURDER INVESTIGATION
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office says a man has been arrested on a murder charge after a body was found inside a Milton home Friday night. The identity of the victim has not yet been relea...
Aug 09, 2020
ESCAMBIA COUNTY EARLY VOTING
Early voting begins Saturday in Escambia County at nine locations and will continue through Saturday, August 15th. Each location will be open from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m., with the exception of the Superv...
Aug 04, 2020
