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ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- More questions are being raised on the abrupt closing of Escambia Christian School. In a lengthy statement sent to the newsroom late Tuesday night, a member of the board of directors says enrollment is making it impossible to survive. The statement reads in part, "Our best...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- The demolition of the former Baptist Hospital site on E and Moreno streets in Pensacola is well underway. Asbestos has been found at the site, but officials say most of it doesn't pose a risk if handled properly. Jermaine J. Williams is one of many who were...

A Charles Henderson High School graduate is making waves as a teacher in Florida. Quintarries Upshaw was recently awarded the Golden Apple Award for his impact as a teacher and leader in the classroom at Workman Middle School in Pensacola, Fla. Upshaw, 2009 graduate of CHHS, said his teachers in...

PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — The Pensacola Police and Fire Departments are debuting two new tools that will make parts of their jobs much easier. The Barrel Breacher and the 850 Fire Tool are produced and manufactured by Dark Mountains Arms, a firearm manufacturer out of North Carolina and Wisconsin. One of the brains...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Pensacola has become a safer place to live in the past two years. There has been a decline in property and violent crimes, with some categories, like attempted homicide, seeing a drop of more than 75%. While city officials point to those numbers, some businesses are seeing...

36 year old Mikhail Fountain has been sentenced to life without parole for the murder of Kayla Atwood. He was convicted of second degree murder in January. Kayla, a mother of four, disappeared in January 2024 after dropping her children off at school. She was last seen getting into a yellow Penske box truck in the...

For years, residents along Pensacola and Perdido Bays have asked a simple question: Is the water safe? Safe to swim in, safe to fish, safe for our kids and grandkids. Now, thanks to a $750,000 grant from the EPA’s Gulf Program, the Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program is building a system to finally give us...

BAGDAD, Fla. -- Santa Rosa County is trying to reduce the number of large trucks that use Forsyth Street near Bagdad. The road runs right through the heart of downtown Bagdad. Santa Rosa County says the trucks sometimes clog traffic and risk damaging the roads and bridges if they are overweight.

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — A 19-year-old from Molino was seriously injured in an Escambia County crash on Wednesday morning. According to a Florida Highway Patrol crash report, the teenager was heading south in the outside lane of Century Boulevard near Camde Lane when she lost control of the SUV she was driving.