Governor Rick Scott has announced that the Escambia County area added 2,800 new private-sector jobs in the last year and the area’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.3 percent, down 1.5 percent from a year ago. Statewide, Florida businesses created 127,400 new jobs in October and the unemployment rate dropped to 3.6 percent, the lowest rate…… MORE
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SHALIMAR MURDER INDICTMENT SOUGHT
State Attorney Bill Eddins said he will an indictment from a grand jury for a first-degree murder charge for the Shalimar woman who is charged with shooting her husband on November 10th and then hiding his duct-taped body in a wall she made in a closet inside their home. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputies discovered the…… MORE
OPIOID OVERDOSE DEATHS
A report from Florida’s medical examiners shows a dramatic increase in all types of drug-related deaths, including a 97 percent increase in deaths caused by the synthetic opioid fentanyl. The total number of drug-related deaths in Florida jumped 22 percent from 2015 to 2016 and the number of opioid-related deaths grew by 35 percent. Opioids…… MORE
GBH FIRE ACCIDENTAL
Escambia Fire-Rescue officials say a house fire on Gulf Beach Highway in west Escambia County was accidental. Firefighters were called to the home on Gulf Beach Highway just before 2 a.m. on Monday. When they arrived flames were shooting through the roof. It took FF about 45 minutes to bring the blaze under control, but…… MORE
BAYVIEW CROSS TORTOISE BURROW
A new complication in the on-going controversy about the Cross in Bayview Park in Pensacola. A federal judge ordered the city to take it down because it violates the separation of church and state. The city appealed it and is awaiting a decision by the United States Court of Appeals. But now a gopher tortoise…… MORE
PENSACOLA ATTORNEY SENTENCED
A 43-year-old Pensacola attorney has been sentenced to jail time and probation for grand theft and practicing law while disbarred. Patrick Hammergren, pleaded no contest in August to stealing money from two clients and continuing legal work after he had been disbarred. One of the victims sent Hammergren a check for $5,000 as a retainer for his…… MORE
PENSACOLA PORN ARREST
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement says a 30-year-old Pensacola man has been arrested after more than 200 child pornography videos were found during a search of his home. Steven Michael Truax Jr. faces 32 counts of possession of child pornography, according to a news release from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. FDLE agents secured warrants for Truax’s home…… MORE
NO NEW YEAR EVE’S PELICAN DROP
It appears unlikely the Pelican Drop in downtown Pensacola will take place this year. When the Downtown Improvement Board decided not to do the Pelican Drop last year Buck Mitchell, marketing director for Seville Quarter, and others, took over the event, after the raising almost $100,000 and working hard for two hard months to pull…… MORE
WCOA and Hill-Kelly Sox Box
WARMING HEARTS (AND FEET) ALONG THE GULF COAST The homeless are often in need of socks (especially in the winter) because people often don’t think to donate socks to clothing drives. During November and December Cumulus Media Pensacola and Hill-Kelly Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram will collect socks for the homeless and others in need in our community.…… MORE
Help Fill the Magic School Bus
HELP FILL THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS! Drop off areas for students’ school supplies: WCOA Studio: 6565 North W. Street Suite 270 Pensacola, FL AND Hill-Kelly Dodge: 6171 Pensacola Boulevard Pensacola, FL Monday-Friday 8:30am-5pm SUGGESTED ITEMS Pencils Crayons Colored Pencils Dry Erase Markers Washable Markers Highlighters Glue (bottles & sticks) Erasers Scissors Rulers Copy Paper Lined…… MORE
