The Treasury Department says all outstanding coronavirus stimulus checks sent to dead people have been cancelled. An audit determined over 1 million payments totaling around 1.4 billion dollars had been sent to dead people by the Internal Revenue as part of the CARES Act. The Government Accountability Office audit said the IRS also didn’t use…… MORE
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BACK TO SCHOOL OPTIONS
The deadline is just a week away for parents to choose what education option is best for their child when Escambia County Schools reopen in August. Parents can choose between a traditional return to campus with in-person instruction, virtual learning with a connection to enrolled school and online virtual school through Escambia Virtual Academy. Parents…… MORE
MASK MANDATE RESOLUTION
The Pensacola City Council will vote on a resolution Thursday to ask the Escambia County commission to follow their lead and adopt a mask ordinance. Mayor Grover Robinson says he supports the council’s resolution to ask the county to implement a mask mandate to help reduce COVID-19 cases. County commissioners decided to launch a mask…… MORE
VOTER REGISTRATION
If you want to vote in Florida’s primary election on August 18th and you are not registered, the deadline is next Monday, July 20th. Florida has closed primaries and you must be registered in that party by the registration deadline. For the general election on November 3rd, the voter registration deadline is October 5th. Voters…… MORE
FATAL SHOOTING
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a fatal shooting. Deputies responded to a report of a suspicious car parked on Olive Road just east of Old Palafox on Sunday. The found Brian Abercrombie in the driver’s seat, dead of an apparent gunshot wound. Anyone with any information about the shooting is asked to call…… MORE
COVID-19 CASES
The Florida Department of Health says Escambia County had 189 new COVID-19 cases and one additional death yesterday. The fatality was a 44-year old female that was not a long-term care facility resident. That brings the total cases in Escambia County to 4,335. Santa Rosa cases were up by 48 to 1,379. There are 175…… MORE
FLORIDA GAS PRICES
At $2.10 for a gallon for regular unleaded, Florida has the lowest gas prices in 16 years. The Triple-A Auto Club Group says COVID-19 continues to keep prices low and drivers are paying 54 cents per gallon less than this time last year. The average price per gallon Sunday night in Escambia County was $2.07,…… MORE
PENSACOLA CONFEDERATE MONUMENT
The Pensacola City Council will hold a meeting tomorrow evening to decide the fate of Pensacola’s Confederate monument. Because of the coronavirus the public will not be allowed to attend, but the council will still be taking comments from anyone watching online. People will have three options to comment on whether the monument should stay…… MORE
ESCAMBIA SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT CANDIDATES
A citizens advisory committee has narrowed the list of 27 candidates who applied for the Escambia County School Superintendent job to 10 candidates who received the most recommendations from the 22-member committee. The eventual goal is to narrow the applicant pool down to five semifinalists whose names will be sent to the School Board for…… MORE
TWO DIE IN TRAFFIC CRASH
The Florida Highway Patrol says two people died after their car crashed into a building in the Ellyson Industrial Park early Sunday morning. Troopers say the car went off the road at the intersection of Copter Road and Hammon Avenue and crashed into Roofer’s Mart Southeast and caught fire. The driver and passenger were both…… MORE
