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Escambia County Extension has won the statewide 2020 Peanut Butter Challenge. Escambia County collected 2,191 jars weighing in at 2,867.5 pounds as well as an additional 2,880 jars donated by local fa...

The Florida Department of Transportation says the Pensacola Bay Bridge will reopen next month, but only one lane in each direction will be open for the first mile from the Pensacola side. Two lanes in...

Escambia County Commissioners voted yesterday to approve an ordinance allowing retail alcohol beverage sales seven days a week throughout the entire county except between 2:30 and 6 a.m. The ordinance...

Santa Rosa County officials plan to rent the old Bealls department store in Milton as a COVID-19 vaccination site for the entire county, with a goal of delivering 1,500 coronavirus vaccines each week....

The Florida Department of Health is rescheduling appointments because not enough vaccine arrived in time to meet this week's goals, due to weather problems. The Florida Department of Health in Escambi...

The National Park Service and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating after a body was found on a sailboat near Gulf Breeze. The body was discovered inside a 25-foot sailboat on the...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office says a 50-year-old Niceville woman is accused of sexually abusing a 5-year-old girl over a seven-month period in 2018. Deputies say a caretaker reported noti...

A lawsuit filed last year against the Panhandle Animal Welfare Society in Fort Walton Beach has been settled. The settlement between PAWS and former agency employee Manda Moore was reached during a me...

Because of COVID-19, tourism numbers in Florida have dropped 34% compared to last year. There were 86.7 million visitors to the state during 2020, the lowest annual total since 2010. Before the pandem...

The Florida Department of Health says the state added 3,615 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, bringing the state’s total to 1,830, 988 cases. The state also added 159 new deaths and Florida’s ...