Due to an expected traffic influx of people leaving SOL FEST Monday morning, the Holmes County Sheriff’s Office is urging locals to avoid Highway 81 and the Ponce de Leon area until after lunch.
Ponce de Leon High School and Ponce de Leon Elementary School will be closed Monday, May 6. The Holmes District School Board said the closure is being done out of an abundance of caution due to the uncertainty of traffic conditions Monday morning along Highway 81.
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office is working to locate a missing teen. Deputies said Christina Faith Smith was last seen at her home in Alford around 2:30 p.m. on Sunday.
Following reports of open drug use at Sol Fest in Holmes County, law enforcement agencies joined together and arrested many individuals on drug charges.
The Panama City Beach Police Department is asking for the public's assistance in a fatal crash investigation. The crash happened May 4th at 3:22 p.m. near U.S. 98 (Back Beach) and Hills Road.
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal officer involved shooting that took place after a deputy made contact with an armed individual at an apartment off Racetrack Road late Friday afternoon.
The work of the hands of people in Bay and Gulf counties will help alleviate traffic on I-95 between Connecticut and New York. A Long Island Ferry, made at Eastern Shipbuilding in Allenton, took its first splash in the water Friday.