The Baldwin County Alabama Sheriff’s Office says three men have been arrested after 160 pounds of high-grade marijuana was seized after a traffic stop on Interstate 10 eastbound near mile marker 53. The three suspects told deputies they were heading to Florida from Houston, Deputies reported none of the men had a valid driver’s license.…… MORE
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RE-ROUTING HIGHWAY 98
At public workshop the Okaloosa-Walton Transportation Planning Organization invited public input for a proposal to re-route Highway 98 through downtown Fort Walton Beach in order to increase pedestrian usage and parking. The plan involves shifting the four-lane highway out of the downtown district. That would allow the downtown corridor to be reduced to a two-lane…… MORE
SUPER MOON
Tomorrow the moon will be putting on quite a show. Much of the world will get to see not only a blue moon and a super moon, but also a total lunar eclipse, all rolled into one. That hasn’t happened in 35 years and it won’t happen again until 2037. The eclipse will be visible…… MORE
NAVY FEDERAL TRAFFIC PROBLEMS
Escambia County Commissioners will consider a proposal for solving the daily traffic congestion on West Nine Mile Road at their meeting this Thursday. A Florida Department of Transportation project would relocate Navy Federal Way to the east and install a flyover so an elevated West Nine Mile Road would pass over Navy Federal Way, allowing…… MORE
SCHOOL ICE DAY NOT TO BE MADE UP
The recent cold snap took a toll on water pipes and outdoor plants, but it also closed schools in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties on January 17th because of hazardous roads. Now school officials in both counties say students will not be required to make up that day they missed due to ice.… MORE
MURDER SUSPECT ARRESTED
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office says two more suspects have been arrested in connection with a deadly home invasion in Escambia County last week. 26-year-old Tatiana Williams and 37-year-old Cleveland Golden, 37, were arrested Friday. Another suspect, 22-year-old Lyntonio Quinn, was taken into custody earlier that day. Deputies responded to a call of a shooting…… MORE
JACKSON COUNTY DOCTOR CONVICTED
A Jackson County jury has convicted a former Marianna physician for his involvement in a drug trafficking conspiracy. Doctor David Flick would write prescriptions for controlled substances in exchange for cash or the recruitment of other patients and wrote over 1,000 such prescriptions totaling 49,896 pills during a nine-month period. He was found guilty of…… MORE
TAX CONSTITUTIONAL ADMENDMENT
The Florida House has overwhelmingly approved a proposed constitutional amendment that would make it harder to raise taxes and fees. The proposal, which could go on the November ballot, would require two-thirds votes by the House and the Senate in the future to increase taxes and fees, up from the usual majority votes. However, the…… MORE
ESCAMBIA HIGH LOCKDOWN
According to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, the lockdown at Escambia High School was locked down for a time yesterday after reports of trespassers on the campus. Deputies searched and found no one unauthorized on the campus and the lockdown was lifted. … MORE
UWF LAB EXPLOSION
A small chemical explosion in the University of West Florida science lab resulted in the evacuation of the lab yesterday afternoon.after a small chemical explosion. A university spokesperson says it happened around 12:15 p.m. in Building 58, but no injuries were reported. No students were in the lab at the time of the incident. The…… MORE
