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Investigators in Escambia County are working to determine whether a fatal shooting in a Pensacola subdivision falls under Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law, after a man was found dead of…
Work-Release Escapee Back in Custody After Search Escambia County sheriff’s deputies were searching for a man who escaped from a work-release program Saturday morning, according to the Sheriff’s Office. The…
PENSACOLA, Fla. — A jury has found a Pensacola man guilty of second-degree murder in the beating death of his grandfather, closing the trial phase of a case that began…
A Cantonment man will spend the next 25 years in state prison after being sentenced for sexually abusing a child, closing out a case that Escambia County investigators first opened…
PENSACOLA, Fla. — A Pensacola woman has pleaded no contest to criminal charges stemming from a three-vehicle crash on Cervantes Street after the 2019 Grand Mardi Gras Parade in downtown…
Escambia County deputies have charged four people in connection with the robbery of a woman inside her hotel room along Barrancas Avenue in Pensacola. According to the arrest report, the…
PENSACOLA, Fla. — A man has been charged after another man was shot outside a gas station in Brent on Sunday night, according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. Kardel…
ATMORE, Ala. — A 39-year-old Atmore man was killed Thursday night when a police pursuit ended in a crash on Highway 21 in Atmore, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement…
U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper visited Naval Air Station Pensacola on Wednesday for the first time since the Dec. 6 terrorist attack there, using a brief on-base news conference…
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. — A man was shot twice early Saturday morning while riding his skateboard, according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said the shooting happened around 12:30…