Tallahassee – Florida has ramped up debris-removal efforts and recalled emergency workers who provided aid in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene, as residents of Florida’s West Coast face another potentially major storm barreling through the deep, warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Over the weekend, many honored law enforcement officers who lost their life in the line of duty last year by participating in the 2024 End of Watch Memorial Ruck.
Garrett Bagley gathered his Navarre football team in the end zone late Friday night to talk about moving on from a tough loss.
The Raiders didn’t have their best week of practice leading up to their game against Escambia at Emmitt Smith Field, but even still, they nearly rallied for a win over the Gators on a rainy October evening.
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.
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.
The University of West Florida football team jumps back into Gulf South Conference play this week.
Stuck in the grip of a two-game losing streak, the Argos will try to bounce back Saturday when they host Mississippi College at PenAir Field. Kickoff is 4 p.m.
Tallahassee – A federal appeals court Thursday refused to reconsider a decision that allowed Florida to restrict treatments for people with gender dysphoria while a legal battle about the restrictions plays out.
