The pilot killed when his crop duster plane crashed north of Atmore, Alabama, Tuesday morning, has been identified. Escambia County Alabama Sheriff Heath Jackson said the victim as Eddie Gideons. The plane went down north of I-65 near the Poarch/Jacks Springs Road Exit about 7:30 a.m. The Sheriff’s Office is conducting the death investigation and…… MORE
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BURGLAR ARRESTED
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Department says a burglar was caught in the act trying to break into a utility trailer on Wiley Scott Road, in Jay. 32-year-old Michael Shelby was seen by the owner at a barn in the 5300 block of Wiley Scott Road. The responding deputy said Shelby appeared to be under…… MORE
OKALOOSA COUNTY SHOOTER ARRESTED
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office says a 41-year-old Fort Walton Beach man was arrested after he fired shots into a bedroom where a family member was locked inside. Deputies were called to the home on Rocky Avenue around 4:30 a.m. for shots fired. John Terry refused to come out, and deputies heard nine shots fired…… MORE
DISCOLORED GULF WATERS NOT HARMFUL
Bay County officials say the recent discoloration of the Gulf was caused by storm water runoff and not a sewage leak. Overflowing storm water from springs has been flowing into the Gulf through 10 outfalls along the beach and the changes in the color of Gulf waters was caused by tannins. Christian Wagley, the coastal…… MORE
ARREST MADE IN FATAL BOATING INCIDENT
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says a 26-year-old man has been arrested for boating under the influence following the death of a wake boarder who was struck and killed by a boat on Bayou Texar in Pensacola over the weekend The victim – 25-year-old Brandon “BJ” Harmon, from Lawrenceville, Georgia – played baseball…… MORE
CHIROPRACTOR’S LICENSE REVOKED
A Pensacola chiropractor who pleaded no contest last year to an arson charge after setting her office on fire has had her license revoked by the State. The Board of Chiropractic Medicine took up the case last month and issued final order revoking the license of Vicki Lee Dempsey. After the fire, the state ordered…… MORE
NO CRIMINAL CHARGES FOR WILDFIRE
The Pensacola News Journal is reporting that no criminal charges will be filed for last month’s Five Mile Swamp wildfire in Milton that burned nearly 2,300 acres, destroyed 14 homes and caused more than two million dollars in damages. The Florida Forest Service and the State Attorney’s Office determined there was no gross negligence or…… MORE
WINNING MILLION-DOLLAR SCRATCH-OFF
A man who bought a winning scratch-off ticket on Pensacola Beach that was worth one million dollars has chosen to take the lump-sum payment option of $715,000. He bought his winning, twenty-dollar Monopoly Jackpot Scratch-Off ticket, at the Pensacola Beach Food Mart on Via De Luna Drive. The store will receive a $2,000 bonus commission…… MORE
BAY COUNTY HIGH-SPEED CHASE ARREST
Bay County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man who stole a vehicle in Carroll County, Georgia, then led them on a chase that ended with him crashing into an ice cream shop. Deputies attempted to stop the stolen vehicle – driven by 28-year-old Devante Sanders – but he refused to stop, eventually losing control of the…… MORE
OKALOOSA COUNTY SEWAGE SPILL
The Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa County says a health advisory remains in effect for Cinco Bayou, where approximately 300 gallons of untreated waste water entered the water near a public boat ramp on Sunday. The spill was reported to Okaloosa County Water and Sewer on Sunday at around 8:30 a.m. The health advisory…… MORE
