Santa Rosa County, FL (Newsradio 92.3) -- Santa Rosa Medical Center has earned an "A" safety grade from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog that evaluates hospitals on patient safety. It's the only hospital in Escambia or Santa Rosa County to receive an "A" rating. The grade is based on evidence-based measures of medical errors, accidents, injuries and infections. Hospital leaders say the rating reflects their staff's commitment to putting patient safety first.

Escambia County, FL (Newsradio 92.3) -- A judge has denied a motion for a new trial for a man convicted of murdering a woman outside Mugs and Jugs last year. The Pensacola News Journal reports that Circuit Judge Amy Brodersen rejected Christian Ketchup's request for a retrial, saying he received a fair trial. Ketchup was convicted of second-degree murder for fatally shooting Tierra Binion ten times in the bar's parking lot in August 2023. His attorney argued the trial was unj

NEW DETAILS ON MURDER OF CHILDREN AT FLAXMAN TRAILER PARK New details are emerging in the deaths of two Escambia County children last Friday. An arrest report obtained by WEAR reveals how investigators got 27-year-old John Henry Walston to confess to killing 9-year-old Vayden Orum and 7-year-old Rayden Smith at his mobile home on Flaxman Street. According to the report, Walston initially claimed an intruder broke in and set the fire. A 12-year-old boy who escaped the fire bac