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PELICAN DROP BACK ON
There will be a Pelican Drop in Pensacola this New Year’s Eve after all. Local Businessman Quint Studer will host the family-oriented event at the Blue Wahoos Stadium on Main Street and it will be called Kazoo’s New Year’s Celebration, named for the Wahoos team mascot. It will run from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.…… MORE
MOLINO TAX COLLECTOR’S OFFICE
Escambia County Tax Collector Scott Lunsford said residents will soon be able to apply for and renew concealed weapon licenses in Molino beginning December 14th. Lunsfors said while renewal licenses will be printed in the office, new applications still will be submitted to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for final approval. The…… MORE
BODY RECOVERED IN BAY
Pensacola Police say a man’s body was recovered from Pensacola Bay yesterday morning. Department spokesman, Officer Mike Wood, said he was identified as 68-year-old Homer Parriman, of Robertsdale, Alabama. A security officer with the Port of Pensacola said he saw the man swimming in the bay around 5am, but did not appear to be in distress, Wood…… MORE
NEW COUNTY COMMISSION CHAIR
Jeff Bergosh is the new chairman of the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners and one of his first proposals is to add a fifth-cent to the tourist development tax that would go toward the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. It would add an estimated 1.3 million dollars more a year to his budget. The tourist development…… MORE
PRESIDENT TO VISIT PENSACOLA
President Trump is coming to town. The Washington Post is reporting he will make a trip to Pensacola to hold a campaign-style rally here in Pensacola on December 8th, four days before the election in Alabama. Moore, is facing a tough challenge from Democratic nominee Doug Jones after several women said Moore made sexual advances…… MORE
WCOA Christmas Show
The 7th Annual WCOA Christmas Show will be held at Krispy Kreme on 9th Ave on Friday, December 15th from 5:30-9am. Come get free coffee and doughnuts and spin the wheel of Christmas to win some great prizes! Santa Claus will even be there for the kids.… MORE
GOPHER TORTOISE CONSTRUCTION DELAY
Construction of a Pensacola Fire Station had to be delayed recently when it was found that two gopher tortoises were living on the property. Gopher tortoises are a protected species in Florida. The work was put on hold in October after a burrow was found during a survey of the land.  The tortoises were moved…… MORE
CHILD NEGLECT ARREST
The Pensacola Police Department said a 19-year-old woman was arrested yesterday after two young children in her care were found wandering outside, one naked and the other had no shoes on. A woman driving on 9th Avenue saw two children chasing a dog toward the street and called police. Ann Perry was arrested on charges…… MORE
CONSTRUCTION SITE THIEF ARRESTED
A 33-year-old construction company employee from Crestview has been arrested for stealing two industrial welding machines that were suspended high in the air above an Oak Grove worksite. Workers discovered the welding machines missing when they arrived Monday morning at the bridge construction site on North Highway 99 over Pine Barren Creek. Timothy Denmon, a…… MORE
