$14M resurfacing project to begin in Escambia County
Video above: How are roads resurfaced? ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — The Florida Department of Transportation will begin a $14 million resurfacing project this month in Escambia County, News 5 has learned. According to an FDOT news release, the project will take place on State Road 97 (Atmore Highway), from State...
Pensacola mayor proposes new plan to salvage Hurricane Sally housing funds
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves said Monday the city has landed on a revised plan to preserve millions of dollars in Hurricane Sally disaster-recovery funding for housing after the City Council rejected an earlier proposal that would have shifted the money to port infrastructure. The $5.8 million award is part of...
Pensacola’s new police chief, Eric Winstrom, talks about the city’s top public safety priorities
PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — Pensacola’s newest Police Chief Eric Winstrom is officially reporting for duty. “I’m meeting as many people as I can internally in the police department, in the city, starting to get out in the community,” said Winstrom. Winstrom talks of his first two items on the agenda. First, he’s...
Jeff Galloway, Olympian who transformed American distance running, dies at 80
Jeff Galloway, a seminal figure in American distance running as an Olympian, bestselling author, coach, pioneering shoe-store owner and creator of the run-walk-run strategy that hundreds of thousands have used in races from marathons to turkey trots, died Feb. 25 in Pensacola, Florida. He was 80. His death, in a...
Fire destroys Big Fish Moving Company building in Foley, cause under investigation
FOLEY, Ala. -- A two-story building in Baldwin County was destroyed in a fire Thursday morning. Foley Fire was dispatched to Big Fish Moving Company at approximately 7:14 a.m. Fire Chief Joey Darby says when crews arrived they noticed the fire upstairs. As they began attacking the fire conditions worsened,...
Top 20 National Fast-Food Burgers Ranked: Two of Top Five Are Local
Americans consume an estimated 50 billion burgers each year. Amongst the beach restaurants hamburgers and cheese burgers seem to be a staple. Nationally the industry has grown in the number of hamburger chains offering specialty burgers. Several of those chains have opened operations along the Alabama gulf coast. In...
Pensacola council to vote on $325,000 infrared sensor system for Graffiti Bridge
PENSACOLA, Fla. -- A new solution is in the works to cut down on crashes at Pensacola's Graffiti Bridge. Next week, Pensacola City Council members are set to review an infrared sensor system. While there are already some signs and flashing lights in place on both sides of the bridge,...
Cantonment teen seriously injured in crash
Video above: Is driving safer than other modes of transportation? ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — A Cantonment teenager was seriously injured in a Wednesday afternoon crash in Escambia County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. According to an FHP news release, the teen was driving a black Toyota pickup truck on...
Library Board Chair Fires Back at County Administrators, Urges Commissioners to Reject Bell-Rivera
After Assistant County Administrator Debbie Bowers announced that the Escambia County administration would recommend Christal Bell-Rivera as the next West Florida Public Libraries Director—overruling the Library Board of Governance’s unanimous recommendation—Board Chair Blaine Wall didn’t stay quiet. He went directly...
NAS Pensacola updates public access rules for non-military members to tighten security
PENSACOLA, Fla. -- NAS Pensacola released new guidance for non-military members looking to visit the base. This new way for the public to access the base is going to take some time. It's going to be a longer process, but the base is not taking any chances and putting the safety of those serving on the base above...
