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Dr. Elaine Sharp, the Gulf Breeze doctor at the center of an alleged pill mill operation, is behind bars. Sharp, 72, was booked into Escambia County Jail Thursday, Oct. 3, and transferred to Santa Rosa County lockup the next day. No charge was given on the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office’s Jail view website at the time, but Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced the charges Oct. 4. Sharp is facing a slew of charges including murder, manslaughter, conspiracy to commit racketeering, unlawfully prescribing for monetary gain, unlawfully prescribing not medically necessary, conspiracy-trafficking oxycodone of 100 grams or more, conspiracy-trafficking hydromorphone of 28 grams or more, conspiracy-trafficking hydromorphone of 100 grams or more, and money laundering.

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Dr. Elaine Sharp, the Gulf Breeze doctor at the center of an alleged pill mill operation, is behind bars. Sharp, 72, was booked into Escambia County Jail Thursday, Oct. 3, and transferred to Santa Rosa County lockup the next day. No charge was given on the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office’s Jail view website at the time, but Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced the charges Oct. 4. Sharp is facing a slew of charges including murder, manslaughter, conspiracy to commit racketeering, unlawfully prescribing for monetary gain, unlawfully prescribing not medically necessary, conspiracy-trafficking oxycodone of 100 grams or more, conspiracy-trafficking hydromorphone of 28 grams or more, conspiracy-trafficking hydromorphone of 100 grams or more, and money laundering.
Dr. Elaine Sharp, the doctor at the center of an alleged pill mill operation in Gulf Breeze, is behind bars. Sharp, 72, is being held in Escambia County Jail on no bond after she was booked into jail Thursday, Oct. 3, just after 1 p.m. No charge was given on the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office’s Jail view website due to it being for an out-of-county warrant. According to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office, Sharp is being charged with two counts of homicide.
A 49-year-old pedestrian was critically injured when a vehicle hit her in the marked crosswalk on State Road 399 (Gulf Boulevard) last week.
With Hurricane Helene barreling into the eastern part of the Florida Panhandle and the state’s Big Bend region, many Floridians in the storm’s path headed west for safety and shelter.
While it only lasted a few innings, before rain forced their game’s postponement, Miracle League of Santa Rosa County participants were having a blast playing baseball Thursday, Oct. 3.

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While it only lasted a few innings, before rain forced their game’s postponement, Miracle League of Santa Rosa County participants were having a blast playing baseball Thursday, Oct. 3.

Pollinators, such as bees and butterflies, play an important role in the lives of plants and, by extension, humans.
The University of West Florida Historic Trust recently received a $110,000 gift from the McMillan family and $400,000 from the late Barbara Goggins estate in efforts to enhance the train exhibition and improve the outdoor space around the Museum of Industry. The new train canopy area includes a locomotive and flat car formerly owned by the T.R. Miller Mill Company as well as an L&N caboose. The new space will be named the Barbara Goggins Train Pavilion in recognition of her support for the project.


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