Panama City Police Department Police Chief Scott Ervin confirmed a second off-duty law enforcement officer may have been involved in an incident during which a Panama City Beach Police corporal was arrested for pulling a gun on a man in the parking lot of the Shoppes at Edgewater earlier this month. Sergeant John Wray and…… MORE
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SCHOOL DISTRICT SUNSHINE LAW VIOLATION
Henry Kelley, The former spokesman for the Okaloosa County School District’s director of community affairs, could be fined up to $500 for violating the Florida Sunshine Law. State Attorney Bill Eddins says Kelley has been charged with a noncriminal violation of the law, which governs the release of public records and the conduct of open…… MORE
VISITING SEALS
The Gulfarium Marine Adventure Park on Okaloosa Island will be receiving a group of harbor seals from an aquarium in Virginia early next month. The four harbor seals, named Peter, Piper, Hector and Rudder, will be just visiting for a time while their exhibit area at the Virginia Aquarium in Virginia Beach is undergoing renovation.…… MORE
COUNTY FIRE CHIEF APPLICANTS
77 candidates have applied for the Escambia County fire chief job in Escambia County. Local candidates Ferry Pass District Fire Chief Michael Aaron, Molino District Fire Chief Anthony Manning, current Pensacola Fire Chief David Allen, former Pensacola Fire Chief Matt Schmitt and former Pensacola Deputy Fire Chief Joseph Glover and current County Fire-Rescue lieutenants Daniel…… MORE
SENATOR GREG EVERS MEMORIAL
Governor Rick Scott sighed a bill Friday naming a stretch of road in Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties as “Senator Greg Evers Memorial Highway.” The 62-year-old Evers, died last summer in a single-vehicle car-crash near his home in Okaloosa County. The memorial designation is for part of State Road 4 between Munson Highway and State…… MORE
BLUE ANGELS PRACTICE
Practices this week are from 9-10 a.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and last about an hour. Practices are free and open to the public. The outside viewing area for the Blue Angels practice is on the museum flight Line north of the museum. Signs are posted to direct visitors to viewing and parking…… MORE
HOLMES COUNTY DEPUTY-INVOLVED COLLISION
The Florida Highway Patrol says 85-year-old woman died after her vehicle was struck by a Holmes County Sheriff’s Office marked patrol car with its emergency lights on. Troopers say 20-year-old Deputy Sheriff Zachary Neitsch, was westbound on Thomas Drive with his emergency lights on and siren activated when Mellie Marell, of Bonifay, failed to yield…… MORE
COUNTY FIRE CHIEF APPLICANTS
77 candidates have applied for the Escambia County fire chief job in Escambia County. Local candidates Ferry Pass District Fire Chief Michael Aaron, Molino District Fire Chief Anthony Manning, current Pensacola Fire Chief David Allen, former Pensacola Fire Chief Matt Schmitt and former Pensacola Deputy Fire Chief Joseph Glover and current County Fire-Rescue lieutenants Daniel…… MORE
BLUE ANGELS PRACTICE
Practices this week are from 9-10 a.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and last about an hour. Practices are free and open to the public. The outside viewing area for the Blue Angels practice is on the museum flight Line north of the museum. Signs are posted to direct visitors to viewing and parking…… MORE
F-35 SPARE PARTS PROBLEM
Congressman Matt Gaetz says problems with acquiring spare parts for the F-35 Lightning could jeopardize pilot training. Gaetz said unless the problem is solved quickly pilot training could be negatively affected. U.S. Senator Marco Rubio’s staff recently met with the commander of the 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin Air Force Base to discuss the maintenance…… MORE
