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2 Crestview residents arrested after search warrant finds drugs, gun: OCSO
OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — Two Crestview residents were arrested after a search warrant of a North Okaloosa property, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. OCSO deputies said they arrested 33-year-old Amond Robinson and 27-year-old Destiny Jackson on Thursday, July 18. According to a press release, the two were arrested after the OCSO Multi-Agency […]
Firefighting agencies respond to Elberta home fire
BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — Multiple firefighting units responded to a house fire in Baldwin County Friday morning, News 5 has learned. The fire, which neighbors called in around 8:15 a.m., occurred at a home on Stucki Road in Elberta. LOCATION: Fire departments from Elberta, Lillian, Josephine, Perdido Beach, Summerdale, and Foley responded to the […]
Theodore man arrested after robbery that left victim with several cuts: MPD
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A Theodore man accused of cutting and demanding money from a man at an ATM has been arrested, according to the Mobile Police Department. 41-year-old LaJuan Dontal Carson was arrested on Thursday, July 18, in connection with an alleged robbery at the PNC Bank (5351 Highway 90) on July 17, at […]
Gulf Coast impacts from the worldwide Microsoft outage (List)
Editor’s Note: We updated this article to include Escambia County Public Safety’s response and information from Baptist Health Care and Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola. MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A technical problem with Microsoft 365 due to a CrowdStrike glitch has caused many businesses including banks, airlines, television networks, and health systems to experience outages, CBS […]
Car stuck under tanker during crash at I-10, I-65 interchange: MFRD (Photos)
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A car became stuck under a tanker on the I-10, I-65 interchange during a crash early Friday morning, according to the Mobile Fire-Rescue Department. MFRD officials said they were called to the crash after law enforcement received multiple calls about a vehicle trapped under a tanker around 8 a.m. July 19. […]
Car hits, kills man near Highway 90, Mobile police say
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A man was killed after he was hit by a car early Friday morning, according to the Mobile Police Department. An MPD news release said officers were called to the area of westbound Highway 90 around 5:30 a.m. on July 19 after they received a report of a pedestrian being hit […]
Republicans grow bullish on flipping Virginia
Republicans are increasingly looking to Virginia as a state that is in play ahead of November, signaling yet another potential shift in the electoral map toward former President Trump. A number of polls out this week show Trump and President Biden within 2 to 5 points of each other in the state, which has not gone […]
Raskin and Comer urge Secret Service director appearance in rare joint statement
House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) and ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) issued a rare joint statement Friday urging Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to appear “without delay” for a hearing Monday to discuss the weekend’s assassination attempt of former President Trump. The statement from the top Republican and Democrat on the […]
Several airlines face global ground stop and services disrupted worldwide in wake of major Microsoft Outage
(WJET/WFXP) — Several airlines and multiple services worldwide saw major disruptions in the wake of a major Microsoft and Crowdstrike outage. Around 7 a.m., Microsoft 365 said they had released a fix for the update that had caused the disruptions. All the flights that were affected by the outage have since returned to normal service. […]
Allen Weisselberg, ex-Trump Organization CFO, released from Rikers
The former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization was released from Rikers Island on Friday, according to New York City corrections records. Allen Weisselberg, Trump’s longtime financial gatekeeper, was sentenced in April to five months of incarceration after pleading guilty to two counts of perjury stemming from former President Trump’s civil fraud trial, in […]
Biden campaign reiterates president will be nominee in post-RNC memo
The Biden campaign reiterated in a new memo following the Republican National Convention that the president will be the Democratic nominee, even as the party remains embroiled in disagreement about the path forward. The memo also targeted Project 2025, which Donald Trump has disavowed.
Clip of Ole Miss student making racist gestures at Black woman played at RNC sparks backlash
A video played at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Wednesday evening included a clip of a white University of Mississippi student making monkey gestures at a Black woman on campus earlier this year.
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