Pensacola FL

The Escambia County Board of County Commissioners engaged in a lengthy, at times contentious, discussion Monday morning over a proposal by Chair Ashlee Hofberger to hire a consulting firm to conduct a comprehensive organizational efficiency study aimed at achieving the property tax rollback rate. While all five...

In the latest episode of “(We Don’t) Color on the Dog,” Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons sat down to discuss some of the most challenging and significant law enforcement operations in recent weeks—from a heartbreaking double homicide to a record-breaking drug seizure that pulled nearly 5,000 grams of fentanyl off...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Many families preparing for Thanksgiving meals are looking for help from food pantries this year. The federal shutdown and impacts to SNAP benefits has forced "Feeding the Gulf Coast" to ramp up distributions. The organization is getting ready to give out 1,000 additional meals for Thanksgiving....

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - On Friday, November 21, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., The Watson Firm, together with local businesses and entrepreneurs, will be serving their neighbors at their Annual Community Thanksgiving Grocery Giveaway at Pensacola Interstate Fairgrounds located at 6655 Mobile Highway, Pensacola, Florida. This...

The Port of Pensacola is about to undergo its most dramatic transformation in generations, and Mayor D.C. Reeves shared the details in the latest episode of “(We Don’t) Color on the Dog.”. The headline: Pensacola is seeking $86 million from Triumph Gulf Coast to attract a major shipbuilder...

Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves provided an update on the city’s red light camera program and the search for a new police chief during his weekly press conference, revealing that one intersection accounts for nearly a third of all traffic violations while the city navigates a deliberate selection process for its next law...

Okaloosa County officials announced that they expect to sink the SS United States, which sailed out of South Philadelphia in February, in early 2026.

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- The City of Pensacola is pursuing a major request from Triumph Gulf Coast. The city is pitching one of its largest economic developments in history. Mayor D.C. Reeves confirmed a major shipbuilding company headquartered in Denver, Colorado, has inquired about building a $250 million facility at the...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- The City of Pensacola's new red light cameras are generating tens of thousands of citations. The city has issued about 26,000 red light camera citations since installing the system at the beginning of the year. Of those, only five drivers contested their violation and requested a court...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- For the past nine months, red light cameras have been capturing images of cars driving through red lights. Since February, Mayor D.C. Reeves reveals more than 26,000 red-light traffic citations have been written. The cameras were supposed to make intersections safer. The city says the intersection...