Pensacola FL

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- ShotSpotter technology went live in Escambia County in November 2023 and in Pensacola the month after. It detects gunshots and alerts law enforcement to exactly where the shots were heard, helping them to respond and collect evidence quickly. Although ShotSpotter is responsible for assisting...

The Milton City Council is giving food truck vendors the green light to "flit about" the city and go to where the customers are, upending a three year policy that keep a city food truck program stagnant. City Planning Director Tim Milstead had presented the idea to the council in June and at its July 8 meeting the...

SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. -- A 58-year-old Milton woman is charged with embezzling nearly $4,000 from the Santa Rosa County Clerk of Courts & Comptroller's Office, where she worked as an accounting clerk. Victoria Theda Elsenpeter is facing a charge of grand theft. She's accused of embezzling $3,801.60 from the...

At this year's Blue Angels Pensacola Beach Air Show , Escambia County Emergency Management has implemented a new vessel exclusion zone to create a 250-yard lane for first responder vessels to respond to incidents and injuries. Tens of thousands of people from around the country pack into Casino Beach and the...

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- A woman's attempt to avoid a deer led to an unusual incident when her Jeep Wagoneer ended up in a 20-foot-deep culvert in Bratt on Tuesday night. The woman reports that the incident occurred around 9:50 p.m. on Pine Barren Road, just south of Bratt Road.

SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — A Chevy SUV was involved in a single-car crash on SR-89, according to a news release from the Florida Highway Patrol. While heading north on SR-89, the maroon Chevy was preparing to turn left south of Hunters Oak Trail, but was seen by witnesses driving straight off the road […]

SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — A man has been arrested in connection with a 2023 fentanyl overdose death, according to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office. An SRCSO news release said 28-year-old Jimmy Robinson III sold a pill that contained fentanyl to the victim, who then died 30 minutes later. Officials said...

With the Blue Angels ready to take to the skies for the Pensacola Beach Air Show, be sure to follow these tips from Escambia County for a safe, fun weekend in the sun:. Leave early. Traffic will be heavy, and parking is limited on Pensacola Beach. To view live traffic cameras at the Casino Beach parking lot and Bob...

Following a fight over a broken television, 27-year-old O’Neal Robert Matthew Thompson allegedly shot his uncle dead, later claiming it was in self-defense. According to a probable cause affidavit obtained by Law & Crime, the incident occurred on July 5 at a Lakewood Road home in Escambia County, Florida.

PENSACOLA, Fla. (WALA) - A Fort Walton Beach man last week received a 10-year federal prison sentence for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. A federal judge in Pensacola handed the prison term to 39-year-old Malcolm Jamal Norvilus on July 1, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District...