The City of Century’s Town Council is accusing Mayor Henry Hawkins of giving town employees illegal pay raises and paid time off in violation of the City Charter. Hawkins, who took office in January, admitted he has given each town employee a 53-cent per hour pay increase and allowed each employee to take four paid…… MORE
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TRENT RICHARDSON ARRESTED 2-20-17
Escambia High School graduate and former Alabama running back Trent Richardson has been arrested on a domestic violence charge outside of Birmingham, Alabama. Hoover Police officers responded to a domestic disturbance at the Hyatt Place Hotel Thursday night shortly after 8 p.m. A woman involved in the disturbance was treated on the scene for bruises…… MORE
PENSACOLA BEACH TROLLY 2-20-17
The Santa Rosa Island Authority will launch their free trolley service along Pensacola Beach starting Friday, March 3rd. The trolley will run Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. Then from May 26th to September 4th daily from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. The trolley makes 35 stops between Park West near…… MORE
LANDFILL FIRE STILL BURINING 2-20-17
Smoke from the fire at the Rolling Hills Construction and Demolition Landfill has caused the Florida Department of Health to issue an air quality health advisory. Nearby residents are advised to protect against smoke exposure. Effects include coughing, difficulty breathing, scratchy throat, irritated eyes, shortness of breath, and rapid heartbeat. County work crews used three…… MORE
POSSIBLE METEOR SIGHTING 2-20-17
A loud boom and a bright light moving rapidly across the sky of North Escambia County Saturday night generated hundreds of phone calls from concerned citizens. Some said the boom shook houses and rattled windows from Baldwin County in Alabama, across northern Escambia and Santa Rosa counties in Florida and Escambia County in Alabama. Some…… MORE
STABBER INDICTED 2-17-17
An Escambia County grand jury has indicted the woman accused of killing her son and stabbing her daughter in front of her grandchildren. Janel Charlene Francis was indicted for first-degree premeditated murder in the death of her son, Devan Francis, and attempted premeditated murder with a weapon for the stabbing of her daughter. The incident…… MORE
ALABAMA PRISON EMPLOYEE CHARGED 2-17-17
An employee at the Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama, has been arrested for attempting to smuggle illegal contraband into the prison. An Alabama Department Of Corrections drug dog alerted on a vehicle owned by 64-year-old Curtis Andrews, of Mobile. Investigators detained Andrews, and found he was carrying 179 grams of synthetic marijuana and methamphetamine.…… MORE
MYRTLE GROVE FIRE STATION MOLD PROBLEM 2-17-17
Escambia County is making progress with a mold problem at the Myrtle Grove fire station. In July of last year firefighters began complaining of illnesses possibly related to mold exposure at the fire station at 7209 Lillian Highway. Firefighters were moved from the structure and relocated to the neighboring Osceola Fire Station. The County estimated the…… MORE
NAS CONTROLLED BURN 2-17-17
That thick column of smoke that many people saw in the southwest part of the County yesterday afternoon was caused by a controlled burn. There will be additional burns over the next few days and a spokesperson with the Naval Air Station Pensacola Public Affairs Office said the smoke was not caused by any aircraft…… MORE
NIGHT SHOOTING 2-16-17
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a shooting that happened late Tuesday night. Deputies were dispatched to Massachusetts Avenue and Diego Circle around midnight and found a man with a gunshot wound. He was transported to a hospital and his condition is unknown. Security footage captured images of two men at the store and…… MORE
