The Northwest Florida Daily News is reporting that more than a dozen dead sea birds were discovered on local beaches last Friday. The birds were found on beaches at Henderson Beach State Park, June White Decker Park and O’Steen Public Beach Access. A veterinarian with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission in Gainesville will…… MORE
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SWAT STANDOFF
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Department says a SWAT standoff with a suspect in a motel room on Nine Mile Road ended late Friday afternoon when the man shot himself. It happened in a ground-level room at the Budget Inn when deputies were attempting to arrest the man on felony domestic abuse warrants. The man barricaded…… MORE
BULDING CRASHER ARRESTED
The Milton Police Department said the driver of a vehicle that crashed into a building in downtown Milton was arrested after fleeing the scene. It happened early Saturday morning when 30-year-old Richard Warren, of Milton, crashed his truck into the front entrance of the law office of Attorney Beau Powell just before 1am. Santa Rosa…… MORE
PENSACOLA TRAFFIC FATAL
The Florida Highway Patrol says a 90-year-old Pensacola woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash Friday night on Blue Angel Parkway. Troopers say Mary Brink was southbound, south of Highway 90 about 9 p.m. when she crossed into the northbound lanes and struck a car driven by 48-year old Robert Gill of Pensacola. Brink was…… MORE
FLU SEASON
The flu is now officially an epidemic in the United States and twenty children have died so far. The virus is said to be widespread in 49 states with Hawaii. Experts say the flu is especially active this year with the main strain, H3N2, is one of the worst. Doctors are recommending everyone get the…… MORE
ROAD CLOSURE
Southbound drivers on Highway 29 in Ensley can expect nightly road closures and traffic shifts through Wednesday, January 17th as a crew places drainage pipe across Highway 29 at Broad Street, just north of Interstate 10. The west side of Broad Street will be closed from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. through Wednesday. Detroit Boulevard…… MORE
CORRECTIONS OFFICER STABBED
A corrections officer at Blackwater River Correctional Facility in Santa Rosa County was stabbed by an inmate Tuesday morning. 56-year-old Dexter McWhite, who is serving a life sentence for aggravated assault, and armed robbery, attacked the officer, according to The GEO Group which runs the facility. The officer’s injuries were said to be non-life-threatening. The…… MORE
COOKIE RECALL
A voluntary recall has been issued for Clover Valley Iced Oatmeal Cookies because of mislabeling of the ingredients. The cookies with lot #L46217 30 have a best-buy date of August 18, 2018. Dollar General said the manufacturer said an error had been made on the labeling. No illnesses or reactions have been reported at this…… MORE
FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE
The Florida Department of Education says Florida’s high school graduation rate has reached a 14-year high rising to 82.3 percent, an increase of 23.1 percent. The Escambia County School District’s graduation rate increased to 79.5 percent, as compared to 76.1 percent one year earlier. Florida Governor Rick Scott said he looks forward to working with…… MORE
COAL BARGE STILL GROUNDED
Efforts are still being made to recover a coal barge that ran aground on a sandbar near Fort Pickens Monday night after it broke loose from a tow on the Intercoastal Waterway. Four barges moving the coal from Mobile to the Gulf Power Plant Crist on the Escambia River broke away from the tow in bad weather.…… MORE
