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SUN SCREEN BAN
The city of Key West is banning sunscreens that contain chemicals that could harm coral reefs. The sale of sunscreens in Key West will be illegal starting in 2021. However, Florida lawmakers may outla...
Nov 07, 2019
HIT AND RUN TRIAL UNDERWAY
The trial has begun for a 27-year-old Pensacola man accused of killing a woman and a young child in a hit-and-run crash on Cervantes Street last year. 27-year-old Markquise Wallace faces a variety of ...
Nov 06, 2019
NEW AREA CODE
Progress is being made on establishing a new area code for Northwest Florida. The Florida Public Service Commission says the current 850 area code, which covers 18 counties, will run out of numbers in...
Nov 06, 2019
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY ARREST
The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Department says 30-year-old man was arrested for trying to rob Ritz Food Store in Baker. The two store clerks said they saw a handgun in Nicholas Weber's waistband and he...
Nov 06, 2019
NAVARRE RANKED ON WORLD LIST
Navarre Beach is included on a list of the top 30 emerging travel destinations in the world. Travel Lemming Dot Com ranked Navarre Beach at No. 25, between No. 24 Paso Robles, California, and No. 26 M...
Nov 06, 2019
I-10 TRAFFIC FATALITY
The Florida Highway Patrol says a woman from the Fort Walton Beach area was killed in a traffic crash yesterday morning on Interstate 10 in Escambia County. Troopers say she was westbound on I-10 betw...
Nov 06, 2019
MONARCHS ON THE MOVE
You may have noticed the steady stream of Monarch butterflies moving along the coastline of northwest Florida. It is the annual fall migration from Canada to Mexico as the butterflies seek out warmer ...
Nov 06, 2019
SCHOOLS LOCKED DOWN
Escambia County School District Deputy Superintendent Norm Ross said three schools in Escambia County were placed on lockdown for a time yesterday after reports were received of a possible trespasser....
Nov 05, 2019
FLORIDA VAPING ILLNESSES
The Florida State Department of Health reported 78 vaping-related illnesses as of October 26th with one fatality. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says nation-wide there have been 1,888 ...
Nov 04, 2019
4TH GRADER RESCUED FROM DESK
The Special Operations team from Escambia Fire Rescue had to come to the aid of fourth grader at Beulah Elementary School when his finger got stuck in a desk. Firefighters from the Beulah and Bellview...
Nov 01, 2019
