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VOTE BY MAIL
It's less than 60 days before the Presidential Preference Primary Election, and David Stafford, Escambia Supervisor of Elections, says voters can prepare now to vote by mail. Escambia County voters wi...
Jan 24, 2020
TRAFFIC FATALITY
The Florida Highway Patrol says one person was killed in a traffic crash yesterday afternoon. Troopers say it happened around 3:30pm at Marcus Point Boulevard and North "W" when a car and a truck coll...
Jan 24, 2020
ECAT GRANT
Escambia County is applying for a grant to help fund the Escambia County Area Transit bus route that serves Cantonment, Molino and Century. The Non-Urbanized Area Formula Grant Program provides financ...
Jan 24, 2020
INTERSTATE 10 WIDENING PROJECT
The Florida Department of Transportation is looking to widen Interstate10 from four to six lanes from near the Alabama state line to west of Highway 29 and reconstruct the interchanges at Nine Mile an...
Jan 24, 2020
FATAL SHOOTING FOLLOW-UP
The Panama City Police Department says it was an argument led to the Wednesday shooting death of a 45-year-old Gulf County woman at a trailer at a FEMA Group Site in Millville. Investigators believe t...
Jan 24, 2020
TRAINING OF FOREIGN STUDENTS CAN RESUME
The Pentagon has given the Navy and other military services approval to resume training of Saudi Arabian nationals at U.S. facilities. Training for the approximately 850 Saudis at U.S bases was suspen...
Jan 23, 2020
TEACHER’S TEACHING CERTIFICATE REVOKED
The Florida Department of Education says the teaching certificate for a former Escambia County elementary school teacher has been permanently revoked. Ann Belser was an "English as a Second Lnguage" t...
Jan 23, 2020
GULF POWER BILLING SYSTEM UPGRADE
Gulf Power will be upgrading their customers information and billing system, which will limit on-line accessibility for some customers over the next few days. Marlene Santos, Gulf Power president, apo...
Jan 23, 2020
FORMER MAYOR SENTENCED
Former Milton Mayor Guy Thompson has been sentenced to 51 months in prison. Between 2011 and 2018, the 66-year-old Thompson embezzled more than $650,000 from the organization formerly known as United ...
Jan 20, 2020
REQUEST TO CLOSE ROADS PULLED
Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson has pulled a request to close parts of three public streets at Baptist Hospital’s new location off Brent Lane. It appeared the Pensacola City Council was going to...
Jan 20, 2020
