Pensacola FL

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from June 9, 2026 SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — Construction crews will be resurfacing a portion of Quintette Road, delaying traffic. The crew will start working at Puppy Love Road around 7 a.m. on Friday, June 12 and plan to finish by the end of the […]

SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. -- A ribbon cutting ceremony took place Tuesday for brand new Soundside High School in Santa Rosa County. Students, staff, and families saw the school for the first time and walked through the buildings. The $132 million project was funded in part by half-cent sales tax...

Florida TaxWatch Flags $829 Million in Budget Turkeys—Including Local Projects. A new watchdog report finds 621 questionable appropriations in the FY2026-27 state budget, with the University of West Florida, Pensacola State College, and a Santa Rosa County heritage project on the list. Florida TaxWatch has released its

NAVARRE, Fla. -- Navarre residents who live along a curve on P.G.A Boulevard report broken mailboxes and yards torn up by careless drivers. They say they've been dealing with these concerns for years. P.G.A Boulevard is in the Holley by the Sea subdivision. The road leads to a public golf...

Video above: Traffic cameras show a crash between what appears to be a patrol vehicle and a tractor trailer MILTON, Fla. (WKRG) — A crash involving a patrol car has at least one lane of I-10 eastbound closed. The crash happened around 9 a.m. Tuesday, near mile marker 35, and appears to have been between […]

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- The City of Pensacola are welcoming two new faces. Steve Baham has been selected as the economic development director for the city. Joel Holmes is the new assistant parks and recreation director. Both men were brought on board from outside the Pensacola area. Baham was most recently...

Two shark attacks over three days along the Florida Panhandle has left two people injured, one of them in critical condition, according to media reports. A bull shark bit a fishermen after he hooked it while fishing near Fort Pickens on Pensacola Beach, according to the Pensacola News Journal. The man was taken to an a

Pensacola’s long-awaited first Costco is almost here. The warehouse club opens at 8 a.m. on June 25 at 225 E. Nine Mile Road, capping a years-long push by locals to land the membership giant. The timing also lines up with good news for shoppers statewide, as Costco has just trimmed prices on several Kirkland Signature

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- A new statewide law will go into effect in July. It'll change the way veterinarians handle pet prescriptions, which could mean lower-cost medicine for pet parents. Lawmakers say this bill is all about transparency and consumer choice. Some pet parents say they didn't know they could get...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Police say the pool where the two children were found is up to code and met Florida's safety requirements. Safety experts say tragedies like this serve as an important reminder for homeowners to review protections around their own pools. Florida law requires residential pools to have at...