Pensacola FL

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- The City of Pensacola is sharing how to dispose of your Christmas trees. Residents can either use the curbside collection or visit drop-off sites for tree disposal. All ornaments and decorations should be removed from live Christmas trees before using these disposal options. The city says...

SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. -- The Florida Forest Service - Blackwater Forestry Center says prescribed burns will be in the area just north of I-10 on Friday. According to a Santa Rosa County release, a contractor is scheduled to conduct two prescribed burns on privates lands. They say this could be visible to passing...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- The Pensacola Police Department is looking for answers after officers discovered a body near a dumpster Wednesday afternoon. Community members identified the man found as Pensacola native Kenneth “Dean” Williams. Dean's body was found near De Villiers and Belmont streets. Those are the very same...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Baptist Hospital welcomed its first baby of the New Year in Pensacola. A baby girl by the name of Isabelle was born on Jan. 1 at 4:40 a.m. Isabelle's parents are Morgan and Jordan Frost. She has three siblings, ages 2, 4 and 7. "Mom shares that...

Pensacola police are investigating a death Wednesday afternoon after a body was found near a Dumpster in the downtown area. Department spokesperson Mike Wood said a "transient" was found Dec. 31 near a Dumpster behind a building on the corner of Belmont and DeVilliers streets. Wood said it was not immediately...

FLORIDA — A federal grand jury has indicted 11 people for illegally reentering the United States after previous deportations, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida announced Thursday. According to the attorney’s office, the indictments are part of Operation Take Back America, a federal...

A woman arrested in Escambia County, Fla., for cocaine possession and drug possession had a history of alleged drug activity in Baldwin County. Bailey Hart was arrested Monday after Escambia County Sheriff’s deputies pulled her over for driving erratically on Nine Mile Road. Deputies discovered 20 grams of cocaine in...

Video above: An interview with “The Walking Dead” star Chandler Riggs, featured at the 2024 Pensacon PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — Single-day tickets for the three-day Pensacon, set for February, are now on sale, a Pensacon release said. The 2026 convention is set for Feb. 20-22 in downtown Pensacola and features...

At the end of most school days, groups of Global Learning Academy students work with volunteers to improve their reading skills. One group of five or so students is listening to, reading with or reading to a volunteer during Kidz Lit. Another group is focused on SIPPS – Systematic Instruction in Phonics, Phonemic...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- A Texas family says a stop in Pensacola on a road has turned into a year-long search. On Thursday, the Helilagic family is hoping someone has spotted Charlie-- the family's missing cat. While a year has passed, the search for Charlie is not over. "The main thing...