The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission is investigating the tiger attack that happened Tuesday at the Pensacola Interstate Fair. The FWC said animal trainer Vicenta Pages was bitten and clawed by the tiger about 3:30pm during a private performance for children on a field trip. The injuries were serious and required surgery. PETA, the animal…… MORE
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PPD DEATH INVESTIGATION 10-27-16
The Pensacola Police Department reports the body of a man was found behind a local business in the 6800 block of North Ninth Avenue Tuesday morning. A woman found his body around 7:45 a.m. He has been identified as 47-year-old Wes Burkalter. Police have begun a homicide investigation after an autopsy confirmed Burkhalter did not…… MORE
CENTURY MAN CHARGED 10-27-16
A 32-year-old Century man has been charged with the sexual battery of an adolescent male. Brynn McClain, was charged with one count of felony sexual battery on the underage victim after having intercourse with the adolescent male, who was injured in the incident. McClain was booked into the Escambia County Jail on a $100,000 bond.… MORE
PELICAN DROP 10-27-16
The Downtown Improvement Board took over the event in 2012, but decided to eliminate the Pelican Drop six months ago because they felt their time and money could be better spent. Now, Buck Mitchell, Seville Quarter’s marketing director, along with Karen Sindel and Angela Eddy, are working to bring public and private entities to together…… MORE
VATICAN INSTRUCTION FOR ASHES 10-25-16
The Vatican has issued new instructions for Catholics who want to be cremated, saying their remains cannot be scattered, divided up or kept at home, but have to be stored in a sacred, church-approved place. For most of its 2,000-year history, the Catholic Church only permitted burial, but in 1963, the Vatican allowed cremation as…… MORE
TRAINER HURT BY TIGER AT FAIR 10-25-16
An animal trainer is hospitalized after being injured by a tiger at the Pensacola Interstate Fair yesterday. Vicenta Pages, was taken to a local hospital after she suffered a three-inch cut on her knee and a laceration on her ankle from a tiger. Don Frenkel, general manager of the Pensacola Interstate Fair, said she was…… MORE
FT. WALTON QUADRUPLE MURDER 10-25-16
The Fort Walton Police Department said officers responding to a domestic disturbance call early yesterday morning found two men and two women dead in a Fort Walton Beach home from an apparent murder-suicide. Names have not been released and the Fort Walton Police Department, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the State’s Attorney’s Office…… MORE
SCHOOL BUS INCIDENT 10-25-16
Escambia County Sheriff’s deputies surrounded a school bus on Guidy Lane at 10 Mile Road yesterday morning after receiving a tip there was possibly an armed person on the bus. Responding deputies said there was no armed person, however, a juvenile did tell them he had hidden a BB gun in some nearby bushes before…… MORE
EARLY VOTING 10-26-16
David Stafford, Escambia County Supervisor of Elections, says in the first two days of early voting for the general election, over 10,000 people had voted in Escambia County. A total of seven sites will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. through Saturday, November 5 for early voting. They are: Supervisor of Elections Office –…… MORE
ALABAMA INMATE STABBED 10-26-16
The Alabama Department of Corrections is reportedly investigating the stabbing of an inmate yesterday afternoon at the Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama. The incident happened about 5:30pm and the injured inmate was transported to an area hospital for treatment for non-life-threatening injuries. Earlier this year, Correctional Officer Kenneth Bettis was stabbed at Holman and…… MORE
