Pensacola FL

PENSACOLA — Just over a week into the Reimagine Palafox construction project, downtown workers and business owners are already feeling the effects of the major street renovation underway along Palafox Street. The City of Pensacola initiated the project on Jan. 5, aiming to modernize four blocks of the city’s...

Dog House has done it again! This list of events are going to keep you busy this weekend!. So what is the move? Are we going to the Wiener Dog Races, or the Mac and Cheese Festival? Maybe The Broadway Rave is more your speed. Lets us know in the...

The Escambia Children’s Trust has suspended its contract and funding for the New World Believers because its H.O.O.P.S. program is under investigation by the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice. Rodney Jones , executive director and a licensed mental health counselor with the program, was also suspended by the New...

PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — A federal grand jury has indicted a Pensacola man on money laundering and drug charges. According to a Department of Justice news release, 43-year-old Christopher J. Watson was indicted on charges of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute over 400 grams of fentanyl and...

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Jan. 15, 2026 ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputies have arrested a Pensacola man after a house search allegedly led them to finding multiple drugs. According to an ECSO Facebook post, deputies with the Narcotics Unit and SWAT Team...

Editor's note: This story was updated with a snowfall timeline. The game of will it or won't it snow in Pensacola continued in the latest forecast from the National Weather Service issued early Friday morning. The chance of a mix of rain and snow in the Pensacola area overnight on Saturday and early Sunday morning is...

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Jan. 14, 2026 SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — Investigators with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office have arrested a man in connection with an attempted armed burglary at a Navarre jewelry store. According to an SRCSO news release, 37-year-old Tyler K. Sacca of Navarre...

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Jan. 15, 2026 ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — With the chilly temperature coming, there will be two cold weather shelters opening in Escambia County, officials announced. Waterfront Rescue Mission’s shelter at 348 West Herman Avenue in Pensacola will open Saturday, Jan. 17...

SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. -- A 30-year-old Pace man was found guilty of aggravated manslaughter on Thursday in the death of his infant son in June 2021. A Santa Rosa County jury found Dustin Campbell guilty after three days of trial. Campbell's sentencing is set for March 11. He faces...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- It was a year-in-review for Pensacola's red light cameras. Thursday night, Acting Police Chief Kristin Brown gave the first annual report on the cameras. Brown says the program is already proving to be beneficial. The cameras went into effect on Jan. 1, 2025. The law requires the...