The Escambia County School District has extended the school choice enrollment window for the next school year. Chris McFarland, the District’s coordinator of Student Assignment, Home Education and Student Records, says applications will be accepted through December 11th. The application period is for middle and high schools only. The elementary application window will open January…… MORE
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PENSACOLA WOMAN SHOT BY FATHER
Pensacola Police say a woman was shot yesterday afternoon by her father after he pulled a gun on her boyfriend. Police say it happened just before 2 p.m. in the 3500-block of Newton Drive in Pensacola. The woman was shot in the hand as she struggled to take the gun away from her dad. The…… MORE
SURVIVOR OF CRESTVIEW TRAFFIC CRASH DIES
The 8-year-old boy who was critically injured in last Friday’s fatal crash near Crestview that killed 5 adults, has died. The Florida Highway Patrol said two-vehicle crash happened on State Road 85 early Friday morning, when one car crossed the median and collided with another vehicle. The others killed in the crash included 2 women…… MORE
FLORIDA VACCINE PRIORTIES
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says residents in nursing homes and assisted-living facilities will be the first to get a coronavirus vaccine when it becomes available because they are most vulnerable to the virus. Health care workers who are in high-risk and high-contact environments will be next, then those 65 and over as well as those…… MORE
COVIDE-19 UPDATE
The Florida Department of Health says the state added 9,94 new COVID-9 cases yesterday, bringing the state’s total to 1,018,160. There were also 96 new deaths bringing the state’s death toll to 19,102 Escambia County had 135 new cases and one new death Santa Rosa County had 110 new cases and one new death Okaloosa…… MORE
PENSACOLA MURDER ARREST
Pensacola Police say a 20-year-old man has been arrested for shooting and killing his grandmother’s boyfriend. Da’Nautica Pearson lived with his grandmother and 60-year-old Erskine Ware, her boyfriend of five years, at a home in the 1300 block of East Baars Street, which is where the shooting occurred early Yesterday morning. Ware was shot multiple…… MORE
CENTURY SHOOTING ARREST
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Department says a suspect in that triple shooting in Century has been arrested. Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the shooting around 11:30 Monday night in the 8200 block of Alger Road. Joseph Smith, was found shot to death outside a shed near the mobile home. Two other adult males, Xavier Walker and…… MORE
FDOT WON’T HAVE TO PAY FOR LOST TOLLS
A circuit judge has ruled that the Florida Department of Transportation cannot be forced to pay for lost toll revenues on the Garcon Point Bridge. The ruling did not concern the suspending of tolls by the State because of the closure of the Three Mile Bridge from the damage it sustained during Hurricane Sally. The…… MORE
CARES ACT FRAUD ARRESTS
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office says 5 people were arrested for CARES Act fraud. The five are accused of stealing victims’ identities and information to obtain CARES Act loans, and defrauding financial institutions from $4,000 to $70,000. Investigators said they would fraudulently apply and receive CARES ACT loan money and open accounts at various financial…… MORE
COVIDE-19 UPDATE
The Florida Department of Health says the state added 8.847 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, bringing the state’s total to 1,008,166. There were also 82 new deaths bringing the state’s death toll to 18,916 Escambia County had 143 new cases and one new death Santa Rosa County had 108 new cases Okaloosa County had 20 new…… MORE
