Mayor Grover Robinson on Monday said it’s not yet clear whether the two incidents are related and he asked for patience in a community still grieving over the shooting at the Navy installation, a central part of the local economy and public life. Continue reading
A Florida woman was taken into custody after allegedly saying she faked a medical episode on a plane in order to get a bigger seat, police said. Continue reading
The Pensacola News Journal reports that Spellman had 14 felony and 31 misdemeanor convictions prior to the cigarette theft, which qualified him as a habitual felony offender. Continue reading
Tropical Storm Gordon killed a child and triggered several tornado watches after making landfall in the southeastern U.S. overnight. Continue reading
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump laid into the “son of a bitch” who set up the mic system at a campaign rally in Florida on Wednesday. Continue reading
A county spokeswoman says a gas explosion at a jail in Pensacola, Florida, has injured 100 to 150 inmates and corrections officers. Continue reading
In the latest blow from a days-long chain of severe weather battering the South and Midwest, Florida and Alabama were hit with widespread flooding early Wednesday, with people stranded in cars and homes waiting for rescuers. Continue reading