Escambia County deputies responded to the Sandstone Apartments on Old Corry Field Road yesterday afternoon around 2:30 after it was reported that 2 men shot at a passing vehicle. Witnesses told deputies the vehicle drove off and the men ran from the scene. So far there are no reports of anyone injured and the investigation…… MORE
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KLONDIKE ROAD FATAL SHOOTING 3-8-17
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a fatal shooting on Klondike Road that happened yesterday. Major Andrew Hobbs says an adult man was found dead from a gunshot wound. His body was discovered in the 8000 block of Klondike Road near Wildlake Boulevard around 12:45pm. The man’s identity has not yet been released and…… MORE
BEACH CROSSOVERS BEING REPLACED 3-8-17
The old boardwalk crossovers on Pensacola Beach are being replaced with new crossovers intended to keep people off fragile sand dunes. The 1.1 million-dollar project – scheduled to be completed by midsummer – will replace 11 of the crossovers, from Park West on Fort Pickens Road through Park East on Via de Luna, east of…… MORE
CHILD ABUSER ARRESTED 3-7-17
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Department says a 19-year-old Pensacola man has been arrested for sexual battery on a victim under 12 years old. Robert English is accused of abusing the child in October of 2016. The child told staff at the Gulf Coast Kids House it happened while she was sleeping. After the abuse, English…… MORE
IP CANTONMENT MILL EXPLOSION FOLLOW-UP 3-7-17
Investigators still are working to determine the cause of the January 22nd explosion that shut down operations at Cantonment’s International Paper mill for two months. Hundreds of homes were impacted by the debris that fell over an area near the after the blast. Many houses in the Woodbury Circle area were blanketed in the flaky…… MORE
ESCAMBIA COUNTY INMATE HOUSING PLAN 3-7-17
Escambia County tax-payers are spending 6.2 million dollars a year to house inmates in other counties after the Booking and Detention Facility was destroyed by an explosion and flood three years ago. Almost 300 of those inmates are being kept in Walton County at a cost above 5 million dollars a year. But those inmates…… MORE
DOWNTOWN PANHANDLING ORDINANCE 3-7-17
A plan to stop panhandling in downtown Pensacola could violate the First Amendment rights of the panhandlers depending on how it is implemented. The ordinance introduced by Mayor Ashton Hayward and Council President Brian Spencer, would prohibit panhandling in the downtown area. At last night’s agenda review conference, Councilmember Jewel Cannada-Wynn asked why the ordinance…… MORE
ESCAMBIA COUNTY EMS RECOGNITION 3-6-17
Escambia County Emergency Medical Services has been recognized as one of the top three EMS agencies to achieve excellence in customer engagement and satisfaction in 2016 by The Baldrige Group. The Baldrige Group is a performance excellence consulting firm that conducts surveys on customer engagement and satisfaction for government agencies throughout the United States. Nature…… MORE
JURY PAYMENT BILL 3-6-17
A bill filed in the Florida Senate would increase the amount of money paid to Floridians who serve on juries. Senate Bill 1606 would raise the basic rate from $15 a day to $64.80 a day. Jurors who serve more than 10 days would be paid $97.20 a day. Currently, jurors who serve more than…… MORE
NO CHARGES FOR DOG-KILLING 3-6-17
A Molino woman who shot and killed her neighbor’s dog Friday morning will not be charged with a crime. It happened around 9 a.m. in the 5700 block of Cedartown road when the woman tried to stop a dog from attacking one of her puppies. When the dog attacked her she shot and killed it.…… MORE
