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OLD BAY BRIDGE SECTIONS REMOVED
More than 13 sections of the old Pensacola Bay Bridge have been removed to make an artificial reef about seven miles from the Pensacola Pass. Each section weighs more than 200 tons. The new artificial...
Oct 15, 2019
BEACH LIFEGUARD STAFFING LEVELS REDUCED
Starting today, lifeguard staffing on Pensacola area beaches will be significantly reduced as the summer season ends. Safety Supervisor Dave Greenwood said lifeguard towers will be removed and there w...
Oct 14, 2019
SANTA ROSA COUNTY IMPACT FEES CONSIDERED
Santa Rosa County Commissioners are looking at different options to generate revenue after voters failed to approve the half-cent sales tax increase. Chairman Sam Parker says the Board will consider i...
Oct 14, 2019
ROBBERY INVESTIGATION
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office is investigating the robbery of a gas station Friday night in Jay in North Santa Rosa County. It happened at the Exprezit! Exxon Station in the 3800 block of Hig...
Oct 14, 2019
DEATH INVESTIGATION
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office say the body that was discovered on the shore of Santa Rosa Sound near the Okaloosa/Santa Rosa County Line on Thursday afternoon, has been identified. The bo...
Oct 14, 2019
SHOOTING INVESTIGATION
A shooting yesterday that sent one person to the hospital in serious condition is being investigated by the Crestview Police Department. It happened just before 10:30 a.m. at an abandoned home near th...
Oct 14, 2019
BAY COUNTY TRAFFIC FATALITY
The Florida Highway Patrol says a man from Central Florida was killed in a traffic crash in Bay County on Friday near the intersection of Lucy Lane and State Road 77. Troopers say 63-year-old Jose Riv...
Oct 14, 2019
HIGHWAY 98 TRAFFIC FATALITIES
The Florida Highway Patrol said three people were killed in a fiery crash yesterday on the Escambia County side of the Highway 98 bridge to Lillian, Alabama. Troopers say 19-year-old Russell Drummund,...
Oct 11, 2019
PANAMA CITY LOTTERY WINNER
A 68-year-old Panama City woman claimed the top prize in a Lottery scratch-off game. Linda Shannon won $500,000 playing the PAYDAY Scratch-Off game. She bought the winning ticket at Express Lane Store...
Oct 10, 2019
SANTA ROSA COUNTY SALES TAX HIKE DEFEATED
In a special election yesterday Santa Rosa County voters defeated a half-cent sales tax increase with about 67% of voters rejecting the increase. The proposed penny tax would have replaced the half-ce...
Oct 09, 2019
