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CERVANTES STREET SAFETY PROJECT
The project to improve safety on Cervantes Street may now include three more traffic lights. Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson met with the Florida Department of Transportation after some businesses and...
Syndicated Author Sep 10, 2019
GULF SHORES DEATH INVESTIGATION
The Gulf Shores Police Department says a man died yesterday after shooting at officers and then falling eight stories from the balcony of a condominium. After an officer tried to make a traffic stop, ...
Syndicated Author Sep 10, 2019
FORT WALTON BEACH FIRE FEE
Fort Walton Beach officials are discussing a proposed fire assessment fee to provide funding for fire suppression services. It would also allow the purchase of a new full fire engine and the hiring of...
Syndicated Author Sep 10, 2019
PUBLIC COLLEGE RANKINGS
The annual U.S. News & World Report rankings of public colleges has Florida State University making the Top 20 for the first time. The University of Florida moved up a spot to tie for number 7. Fo...
Syndicated Author Sep 10, 2019
CRESTVIEW SHOOTING INCIDENTS
The Crestview Police Department is investigating two reports of shots being fired in the Crestview area. The first occurred in the area of Edney Avenue and Lincoln Street and a resident told officers ...
Syndicated Author Sep 10, 2019
FLORIDA GAS PRICES DOWN
Gas prices in Florida declined a few cents last week with drivers paying an average of $2.43 per gallon at the pump. Sunday's state average is 5 cents less than a week ago. Mark Jenkins, spokesman, fo...
Syndicated Author Sep 10, 2019
MEDICAL EXAMINER SEARCH CONTINUES
The search continues for a District 1 Medical Examiner to replace Doctor Andrea Minyard who is leaving at the end of September. She resigned after some county leaders questioned her salary and demande...
Syndicated Author Sep 09, 2019
NEW AREA CODE
Plans to add a new area code for Northwest Florida are moving forward. The current 850 area code is running out of available phone numbers, and an additional area code would be added under the plan th...
Syndicated Author Sep 09, 2019
SANTA ROSA COUNTY TRAFFIC FATALITY IDENTIFIED
The Florida Highway Patrol has identified the Alabama man who died after a traffic crash in Santa Rosa County last Friday. Troopers say 55-year-old John Hobson, of Spanish Fort, was westbound on Inter...
Syndicated Author Sep 05, 2019
NAVARRE BEACH WATER QUALITY
The Florida Department of Health said there is no reason to be concerned about the water quality at Navarre beach. A Facebook post on the Navarre Beach Lifeguards page reported that a broken pipe had ...
Syndicated Author Sep 05, 2019