The Northwest Florida Daily News is reporting the Okaloosa County school district is being sued by a former employee. Marline Van Dyke, who ran for school superintendent against Mary Beth Jackson in 2016, says she was discriminated against while an employee of the Okaloosa County district. The lawsuit says the mistreatment came at the hands…… MORE
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SENATOR RUBIO VOTE
Florida U.S. Senator Marco Rubio said yesterday he will vote against the GOP’s tax package unless negotiators expand the child tax credit. Rubio wants to increase the basic $2,000-per-child tax credit that would go to low-income families. In the current bill, families that pay little or no income tax would get only $1,100 per child.…… MORE
NEW SR COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Santa Rosa County continues to plan for a new courthouse. County commissioners directed staff to begin preparing the Avalon Boulevard land that has been designated as the future site of the building and to erect signs identifying it as the future home of the Santa Rosa County Judicial Center. Chairman, Commissioner Bob Cole, wants two signs to…… MORE
NAVARRE FEE SIMPLE BILL
Santa Rosa County commissioners will not endorse a fee simple bill being promoted by Senator Bill Nelson. The bill would stop commissioners from controlling public land on the beach and ends any future chance of a Navarre Pass. Any changes to conservation land on the island would be subject to federal government oversite and the…… MORE
NARCOTICS ARREST
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office says a 38-year-old Escambia County woman was arrested for drug trafficking. Jennifer Lynn Thomann, was charged with drug trafficking, possession of marijuana with the intent to sell, and possession of drug paraphernalia. After Sheriff’s narcotics investigators served a search warrant at a home on Country Place Circle, off East Kingsfield…… MORE
GOVERNOR SEXUAL HARRASSMENT POLICY
Florida Governor Rick Scott has ordered state agency heads to adopt a sexual harassment policy that requires training for workers and spells out procedures for reporting and investigating complaints. Scott’s order applies only to agencies under his control, and does not include the Legislature. Under the order issued Wednesday, which builds on state and federal…… MORE
PORT ST. JOE CITY COMMISSIONER OUT OF A JOB
A Port St. Joe City Commissioner is out of a job after pleading No Contest to a DUI charge from an October 5th arrest. City Commissioner William Thursbay did not resign, but City Attorney Clint McCahill said according to city charter, a DUI conviction requires a commissioner to forfeit his seat. The commission set a…… MORE
STOCK BROKER CONVICTED
A Pensacola stock broker has been found guilty of nine felony charges, for defrauding a physician’s widow of more than a million dollars of life insurance proceeds. Ronald Ball had, a suspended stock broker, obtained the widow’s money under the pretense he would invest life insurance proceeds for her benefit, but then used more than $800,000 for himself.…… MORE
HURLBURT NOROVIRUS OUTBREAK
Hurlburt Field officials said they have closed their child care centers due to the previously reported outbreak of norovirus. 1st Special Operations Wing Commander Col. Thomas Palenske said the youth center and three child development centers will remain closed until December 18th. Norovirus is a highly contagious virus that causes stomach pain, nausea and diarrhea.… MORE
FRANK WHITE AG CAMPAIGN
State Representative Frank White, of Pensacola, continues to raise money for his bid to be Florida’s next Attorney General. White, chief financial officer and general counsel for the Sansing Dealer Group said he had brought in nearly $195,000 in November, giving his campaign account, 1.88 million dollars on hand. Ashley Moody, a former Hillsborough County…… MORE
