After placing Public Information Officer Joanna Soria on disciplinary suspension last Wednesday, City Manager Michael Beedie fired her two days later, according to a new report from the Northwest Florida Daily News. Citing the need to move in a different direction, Beedie declined to give a specific reason as to her firing.
Soria told the Northwest Florida Daily News that after being placed on suspension, the city’s notice read: “The city manager has lost confidence and trust in your ability to perform the duties associated with your job. Prior disciplinary history: None.”
To read more on the firing, click here.
Former FWBHS cheerleader and grad goes viral
If you follow viral videos it would been hard to have miss this one! A video of former FWBHS cheerleader and graduate LaDarius Marshall has made its rounds to the tune of 12 million views. In the video, Marshall is seen cheering at a Navarro College football game Friday when his coach took a video of his expressive moves and posted it on Facebook, according to the Northwest Florida Daily News. Check it out!
Primary elections are today + voting precinct location changes
Today is the 2018 Primary Elections (so go vote), but there are also some voting precinct location changes. According to WEAR TV:
- Precinct #42 is usually at a church near the back gate of Hurlburt Field, but has been moved to the Santa Rosa Mall
- Precinct #45 will go to the Endine Building right across from Zaxby’s
- Precincts #17 and #39 will double up at The Wright Baptist Church
If you are in these precincts, make sure you go to the new locations. For more information on the precinct location changes, click here.
Man convicted as juvenile in 2010 murder re-sentenced to life
Timothy Preston Chavers was twice convicted of murdering a Fort Walton Beach teenager during a 2010 drug robbery. He was re-sentenced Monday afternoon to life in prison without the possibility of parole, according to the Northwest Florida Daily News.
Thanks to a 2014 ruling that said it wasn’t mandatory to sentence juveniles to life if they were convicted of first degree murder, Chavers was granted a hearing but was re-sentenced to life in prison for the murder of 17-year-old Christopher Pitcock. To read more on the hearing and the 2010 killing, click here.
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