By Jim Turner and Tom Urban, The News Service of Florida In the wake of Tuesday’s school shooting in Texas, Democratic lawmakers in Florida called on their Republican colleagues to use time…
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Gun violence in Pensacola and Uvalde [podcast]
Commissioner Lumon May talks about the life of Carla Williams, the associated PSC professor gunned down at local gym. ABC New’s Aaron Katersky shares the latest on the mass shooting at an…
Airport, ST Engineering hit milestone
Project Titan, the $210 million Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) facility expansion at Pensacola International Airport, has hit a tremendous milestone in the construction phase. Construction crews from Brasfield & Gorrie recently…
UWF psychology students furnish house for victims of sex trafficking
Pensacola, Fla. – Five University of West Florida students recently collected donations to help furnish Set Free Refuge, a transitional living home in south Santa Rosa County for sex trafficking victims. The…
SRIA offers free beach trolley rides
The Santa Rosa Island Authority (SRIA) will launch its free, open-air trolley service along Pensacola Beach this Memorial Day weekend, beginning Friday, May 27. The 2022Â Pensacola Beach Island Trolley, operated by Escambia…
Byrd: More elections changes could be necessary
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida MIRAMAR BEACH — Florida’s top elections official said Tuesday that voters should be confident in the state’s voting process, including when casting ballots by…
More on Tues a.m. shooting [update]
At 4:26 a.m. this morning, a woman was shot and killed by a who man walked into Pensacola Fitness on North Ninth Avenue and fired several shots at her as she was…
Meet Foo Foo Festival grant winners [podcast]
Pensacola, Fla. (May 24, 2022) – Today, the Pensacola Foo Foo Festival Committee announced the public grant scoring for the eighth annual Foo Foo Festival, naming 12 grant recipients and allocating more…
NAS fire stations receives honor
Fire & Emergency Services Gulf Coast recently earned the 2021 Commander, Navy Region Southeast (CNRSE) Fire Department of the Year award (large category). The department has a coverage area consisting of five…
Baptist Hospital unveils vision
Asks for Council Resolution Three Days After Presentation by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Soon, Baptist Hospital will be relocating and leaving behind its sprawling campus in Pensacola’s West Moreno District. Local officials have…
Sheriff Simmons on firing deputy [podcast]
On Friday, May 20, Escambia County deputies responded to a call of a man who was acting erratically near the Brent Raiders Football Field. After brief resistance from the man, later identified…
Festival of Flight, June 4 [podcast]
For one day only the National Naval Aviation Museum (NNAM) will open to the public to present the Festival of Flight, honoring the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Midway, from 9…