A new study – conducted by the personal finance research group – says that four of the deadliest highways in the country run through Escambia County. The study looked at the total length of each highway nationwide and the number of fatalities that occurred per 100 miles and found that I-10 ranked as the fourth…… MORE
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ARMED ROBBER ARRESTED 10-18-16
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Department says a 44-year-old Cantonment man is facing multiple felony charges after robbing a Mobile Highway convenience store. Investigators say Napoleon Grandison entered the Circle K at 5050 Mobile Highway early Sunday morning and robbed the clerk of $92 after indicating he had a weapon. He was located a short time…… MORE
VOTE-BY-MAIL COURT DECISION 10-18-16
A federal judge has ruled that a Florida law that could lead to the rejection of thousands of vote-by-mail ballots is unconstitutional. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Mark Walker said a 2004 law that allows county supervisors of elections to reject mail-in ballots with signatures that do not appear to match signatures on file…… MORE
ISIS THREATS 10-17-16
A 30-year-old Escambia County man is facing federal charges after sending a handwritten note to Sheriff David Morgan threatening to attack schools, beaches and other targets. Regis Walker was said to have mailed the threatening letter on notebook paper claiming that ten people who had joined ISIS would simultaneously attack military bases, beaches, and schools…… MORE
CHILD ABUSER ARRESTED 10-17-16
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Department says a 44-year-old Walnut Hill man has been arrested for inappropriately touching a young girl. The abuse allegedly happened between 2006 through 2009, starting when the victim was five years old. Paul Coleman, has been charged with sexual battery on a victim under the age of 12 and booked into…… MORE
PEDESTRIAN STRUCK IN PACE 10-17-16
The Florida Highway Patrol says a Pensacola man is in serious condition after being struck by a car on Highway 90 Saturday night in Pace. Troopers say 52-year-old Keith Floyd, was walking and rolling a tire in a northbound direction trying to cross the westbound lanes at the Woodbine Road intersection when he was struck…… MORE
CAR THIEVES ARRESTED 10-14-16
Pensacola Police arrested 3 men in a stolen car after a chase through Pensacola. Officers initially were responding to a reported crash in Gulf Breeze and learned one of the vehicles involved had been reported stolen by the Escambia County Sheriff’s Department. A woman followed the stolen vehicle after it had hit her. Police officers…… MORE
FUGITIVE ARRESTED 10-14-16
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Department says a 34-year-old Cantonment man, wanted in Mississippi on a rape charge, was arrested in Molino. An Escambia County deputy on patrol found Robert Boyette in a car next to a closed business on Molino Road. A records check indicated there was an outstanding warrant for Boyette. When deputies searched…… MORE
ALABAMA CAR CHASE FATALITY 10-14-16
A vehicle pursuit that began at the Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama, after contraband was tossed over a fence ended with a fatal crash on I-65. Just after noon on Wednesday investigators from the Alabama Department of Corrections pursued the vehicle after seeing the male occupant toss a package over the fence. As the…… MORE
NAVY FEDERAL FINED 10-13-16
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says Navy Federal Credit Union will to pay 23 million dollars to some members because of improper debt collection practices. They are also being fined 5.5 million dollars. CFPB Director Richard Cordray said that between January 2013 and July 2015, Navy Federal made false threats about debt collections and unfairly…… MORE
