The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Department says a 49-year old Georgia man who tried to help his daughter and her friend in rough surf in the Gulf yesterday morning, drowned. The Sheriff’s Office said James Forsythe disappeared in the water around 11:30 a.m. after trying to rescue the girls. He was pronounced dead at the Destin…… MORE
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DEPUTY-INVOLVED SHOOTING FOLLOW-UP 4-5-17
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Department has released the name of the man shot and killed by deputies over the weekend. Marcus Williams was shot Saturday night on Deniro Court in Gonzalez after deputies responded to a domestic violence call on Southern Oaks Drive. Deputies say Williams ran from the scene, then pulled a gun and…… MORE
SR COUNTY MURDER-SUICIDE 4-5-17
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office said a husband and wife died in murder-suicide at a home on Hazel Godwin Road south of Jay. The victims were identified as 55-year old Bobby Waters and his wife, 51-year old Veronica Waters. Their bodies were discovered just outside the front door of the home. Investigators said preliminary…… MORE
MILTON ATTORNEY REPRIMANDED 4-5-17
A Milton attorney has been reprimanded by the Florida Bar for charging a client more than $400,000 in fees over a decade for activities like doctor’s appointments and planning the woman’s birthday party. Jennifer Byrom has been in practice since 1984, and had been working with her client since 1998, when the client’s husband died…… MORE
MEDICAL MJ DISPENSARY OPENS 4-5-17
Pensacola’s first marijuana dispensary will open at 10am today. The Trulieve (“True-Leave”) medical marijuana dispensary is on the corner of Davis Highway and Texar Drive and will sell medical cannabis products in different forms as capsules, drops and vapor. Patients with an order from a doctor who is registered to prescribe medical cannabis can walk…… MORE
GULF POWER RATE INCREASE APPROVED 4-5-17
The Florida Public Service Commission has approved a rate increase requested by Gulf Power. Starting in July the increase is expected to be add about 7 dollars to the monthly bills of residential customers who use 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity a month, which is about half the increase initially requested. Monthly bills for such…… MORE
SHARK ATTACK FOLLOW-UP 4-4-17
The 17-year old tourist from Louisville, Kentucky, bitten by a shark Sunday in Destin, has been identified. According to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, Caitlyn Taylor had to have 80 stitches in her legs after she was suffered six puncture wounds from what was said to be a 5-foot shark. It happened around 3:30pm while…… MORE
UWF LIGHTNING STRIKE 4-4-17
The strong thunderstorms that rolled through Northwest Florida yesterday resulted in a man at the University of West Florida being evaluated by Escambia County EMS after a nearby lightning strike. It happened just before noon on the UWF campus, but the man was said to be alert and orientated and refused transport to the hospital.… MORE
INMATES STABBED IN CENTURY 4-4-17
Authorities at Century Correctional Institution report that two inmates were stabbed Sunday afternoon Two ambulances and later a medical helicopter were called to the prison. The names and conditions of the inmates as well as the circumstances of the stabbings have not been released by the Florida Department of Corrections.… MORE
NEW FT. PICKENS ROAD 4-4-17
The newly opened and realigned Ft. Pickens Road came through yesterday’s storms with flying colors. Dan Brown, Superintendent of Gulf Islands National Seashore, said there was some standing water on one section of the road, but nothing that required closing the road. The 3.4 million-dollar project moved a section of the road that was prone…… MORE
