Florida’s existing ban on smoking in workplaces may also include vaping, such as the use of electronic cigarettes. The vaping ban would be part of a series of health-care related proposals being considered by a Florida panel that has the power to place proposed constitutional amendments on the 2018 ballot. Former state Senator Lisa Carlton,…… MORE
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WALNUT HILL TRAFFIC CRASH
The Florida Highway Patrol said a 19-year-old teenager was airlifted to a hospital on Thursday after a traffic crash in Walnut Hill. Troopers say William Giddins was traveling north on Highway 99 when he rear-ended a truck. He was trapped in his car for a time and had to be cut free. The driver and…… MORE
SANTA ROSA CORRECTION OFFICER ARRESTED
The Florida Department of Corrections says a Santa Rosa Correctional Institution officer has been arrested for fracturing an inmate’s jaw and then lying to investigators about the incident. According to the arrest report the prison’s surveillance footage contradicted the story Quintavia Walker told authorities about the incident that happened on May 22nd. Walker told investigators an…… MORE
GULF BREEZE CITY AUDIT
The Pensacola News Journal is reporting that the State will audit the city of Gulf Breeze over its operation of the Tiger Point Golf Club. State Senator Doug Broxson, requested the audit before the Joint Legislative Auditing Committee last week in Tallahassee that will also review the utility rates the city-owned South Santa Rosa Utility System charges residents…… MORE
LOCAL JUDGE ON FEDERAL JUDGE SHORT LIST
Judge Jan Shackelford is one of four finalists in contention for one of two positions as a federal judge for the Northern District one of eight applicants. Shackelford was appointed circuit judge by former Governor Jeb Bush in 2000, and she’s since been re-elected twice. President Donald Trump will nominate two candidates to send on to the Senate…… MORE
SHERIFF’S BUDGET APPEAL
Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan has filed a response to the County Commissioner’s response to his budget appeal and says the Commissioner’s response resorts to insults, taunts, misleading arguments, and in many cases, outright deception. The Sheriff is asking the governor to force the county to grant about 2 million dollars to address pay compression;…… MORE
LOCAL HOSPITALS SUING BIG PHARMA
Two area hospitals have filed a lawsuit against national health care and pharmaceutical companies to recoup the costs of treating opioid-addicted patients. Baptist Hospital and Jay Hospital allege in the federal lawsuit filed Tuesday the 23 companies or subsidiaries have played a part in the increased need to treat patients for opioid addictions. Many of…… MORE
SANTA ROSA COUNTY TRAFFIC FATAL
The Florida Highway Patrol says one person is dead and another critically injured after a three-vehicle collision on State Road 87 in Santa Rosa County early Tuesday morning. Troopers say 54-year-old Kevin Morgan, of Pensacola, died after his pickup collided with an S.U.V. driven by 36-year-old Clifford Miller, of Milton. Both vehicles were heading southbound on…… MORE
GULF ISLANDS SEASHORE ROADS STILL CLOSED
Road repairs are still ongoing in Gulf Islands National Seashore after Hurricane Nate damaged the roads. Brent Everitt, a spokesman for Gulf Islands National Seashore, said the park service was working to reopen the two roads as soon as possible, but repairing State Road 399 has been a priority because it is a hurricane evacuation…… MORE
GULF ISLANDS SEASHORE ROADS STILL CLOSED
Road repairs are still ongoing in Gulf Islands National Seashore after Hurricane Nate damaged the roads. Brent Everitt, a spokesman for Gulf Islands National Seashore, said the park service was working to reopen the two roads as soon as possible, but repairing State Road 399 has been a priority because it is a hurricane evacuation…… MORE
