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CITY OF WEEKI WACHEE DISSOLVED
The Florida city of Weeki Wachee – known for its mermaid shows – has been dissolved. The city, about 50 miles north of Tampa, was founded in 1966, mainly to help promote the Weeki Wachee m...
Jun 11, 2020
PENSACOLA CONFEDERATE MONUMENT
Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson says he will ask the City Council to decide whether to remove the city’s Confederate monument and whether to change the name of Lee Square back to its original na...
Jun 10, 2020
ATTEMPTED ARMED ROBBERY
The Escambia County Sheriff's Department is still seeking a suspect for an attempted armed robbery that happened Tuesday night on Jackson Street and 57th Avenue in Myrtle Grove. The victim says the su...
Jun 10, 2020
SHOREBIRD NESTING SITES DESTROYED
The shorebird program manager for Audubon Florida says most of the shorebird nesting sites on Pensacola Beach were destroyed by Tropical Storm Cristobal over the weekend. Caroline Stahala said before ...
Jun 10, 2020
FORMER FLORIDA SENATE PRESIDENT DIES
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis directed that flags be flown at half-staff yesterday to honor former state senator Gwen Margolis who died Tuesday at the age of 85. Margolis, who was from Miami-Dade, was...
Jun 10, 2020
TRUMP SUPPORTERS TO RALLY
Supporters of President Trump say they plan to celebrate Flag Day and the President's birthday on Sunday with large rallies across the state as well as a voter registration effort. Organized by Trump ...
Jun 10, 2020
BAY COUNTY TEACHER DISCIPLINED
A teacher at Tyndall Elementary School has been disciplined by the Bay County School District for negative comments she made in a Facebook post regarding recent nationwide protests and riots following...
Jun 10, 2020
ESCAMBIA COUNTY COLD CASE SOLVED
The Escambia County Sheriff's Office has solved a 42-year old cold case murder. On April 7, 1978, the body of 47-year-old real estate agent Carolyn Cox Rose was found in a house she was showing off Hi...
Jun 09, 2020
SBDC GRANTS AGAIN AVAILABLE
A second round of grants from the Florida Small Business Development Center at the University of West Florida will be available for eligible businesses impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. That'...
Jun 09, 2020
PENSACOLA AS SPACE COMMAND HEADQUARTERS
Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson is asking the U.S. Space Command – currently based in Colorado Springs, Colorado – to consider Pensacola as the command's home base. The Air Force is provid...
Jun 07, 2020
