Florida U.S. Senator Marco Rubio has filed separate bills in Congress aimed at keeping Florida – and the nation – on daylight-saving time throughout the year. The Florida Legislature approved a bill that calls for year-round daylight-saving time in Florida – a change that would require congressional approval. The Florida PTA Legislative Committee opposes the…… MORE
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FATAL BUS CRASH
The National Transportation Safety Board discussed early findings of the fatal bus crash Tuesday in Interstate-5510 in Alabama close to the Florida line. The bus was carrying band students from Texas and traveling back from Disney World in Orlando. It was driving westbound on I-10 near Wilcox Road when it left the roadway and plunged…… MORE
DEADLY BUS CRASH
A charter bus carrying high school students from Texas crashed into a ravine in Alabama off Interstate 10, east of Wilcox Road early yesterday morning. Channelview Texas High School officials said 46 people were on the charter bus which was headed back to Houston from a trip to Disney World. Baldwin County authorities said the…… MORE
EMERGENCY PLANE LANDING
The National Park Service says a small, single-engine Cessna-type aircraft made an emergency landing Tuesday afternoon on Gulf Boulevard in the Gulf Islands National Seashore. The plane landed before 4 p.m. and was pulled off the roadway and into the entrance of Opal Beach located in the Santa Rosa Area of the Gulf Islands National…… MORE
SCHOOL SHOOTING PROTESTS
Escambia County School District officials say any unsanctioned walkouts on Wednesday planned in support of the Parkland students killed in a school shooting will not approved of by the school district. Escambia County schools will allow students to honor victims of gun violence during an assembly, but students will be reprimanded for conducting protests not…… MORE
OKALOOSA COUNTY TEACHER APPEALS FIRING
An Okaloosa County School District English has been fired for sitting on a male student’s lap while teaching a classroom of pupils. Amanda Varnum, a former Laurel Hill School teacher, was investigated in late October after the school’s principal reported the allegations. Students said Varnum often sat in a student’s lap during class time. Varnum…… MORE
DEATH PENALTY TO BE SOUGHT
Prosecutors in Broward County say they intend to seek the death penalty for 19-year-old Nicolas Cruz, the former student charged with killing 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last month. Cruz, is scheduled to be arraigned today on a 34-count indictment, including 17 first-degree murder charges. Although the office of Broward County State…… MORE
WALTON COUNTY BEACH DRIVING PERMITS
Walton County officials say the annual Beach Driving Permit lottery will begin April 1st. Every year, the county issues 150 beach driving permits through a random lottery process to allow winners to legally drive on beaches. The permits come with a $135 annual fee, are valid for one year beginning June 1st, and are non-renewable.…… MORE
SHERIFF’S BUDGET DISPUTE
The budget dispute Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan and Escambia County Commissioners maybe resolved. County Commission Board Chairman Jeff Bergosh told WCOA yesterday that the two sides are mediating in private to find an informal solution to the budget impasse. Commissioner Bergosh said there may be a decision by Thursday.… MORE
DELAYED FATAL DUI ARREST
The Florida Highway Patrol says a 31-year-old Alabama woman has been charged with DUI manslaughter for a crash last November that killed a 19-year-old man from Gulf Shores, Alabama. Troopers say Katy Colvin, of Loxley, Alabama, was driving a pickup on Michigan Avenue near East Shore Drive when she collided with the car driven by…… MORE
