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CDC SCHOOL REOPENING GUIDELINES
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released new guidelines for schools to safely re-open while dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. Some of the guidelines include face coverings for ...
May 21, 2020
JUDGE WARD PASSES AWAY
Former Escambia County Judge Billy Ward has passed away at the age of 95. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was an elected justice of the peace in Escambia County from January 1957 th...
May 20, 2020
ANOTHER AIR FORCE JET CRASHES ON EGLIN
There has been another crash of an Air Force fighter jet on Eglin Air Force Base - the second crash in 4 days. An F-35A Lightning. assigned to the 58th Fighter Squadron, crashed upon landing around 9:...
May 20, 2020
CRESTVIEW FATAL SHOOTING
The Crestview Police Department and the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office are investigating a fatal shooting that happened around 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Hilton Motel on Highway 90. The Okaloosa County S...
May 20, 2020
SOUTH PALAFOX TO CLOSE SUNDAY
Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson has announced that Palafox Street – between Garden and Main streets in downtown Pensacola – will close to cars this Sunday from 10am to 9pm. He said he hope...
May 20, 2020
FLORIDA PRISON VIRUS CASES
Florida corrections officials say there were 72 new COVID-19 cases reported among state prisoners, bringing the total number of inmates who have tested positive to 1,191. The largest jump in cases cam...
May 20, 2020
WALTON COUNTY VIRUS DEATHS
Walton County now has recorded five deaths from COVID-19, all residents at a single nursing and rehabilitation facility. The Florida Department of Health in Walton County said the two latest victims &...
May 20, 2020
SHORT-TERM RENTAL PLAN APPROVED
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has approved the reopening of short-term rentals in Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa Counties, effective immediately. Guidelines include taking reservations and from sta...
May 19, 2020
FLORIDA GAS PRICES
Florida gas prices are beginning to increase in Florida as restrictions are eased and more drivers are on the road. For the first time in 10 weeks prices went up slightly with the state average rising...
May 18, 2020
TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR
The first tropical storm of the season formed off the southeast coast of Florida Saturday night, two weeks before the official start of the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season. Tropical Storm Arthur is no ...
May 17, 2020
