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Ninety years ago, Pensacola took flight into its aviation future. “On October 28, 1935, Pensacola City Council voted to buy the airport for $50,000 from Francis W. Taylor and the deed was officially recorded in circuit court on November 1, 1935. Almost immediately the WPA authorized $129,350 for improvements to...

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WALA) - A Pensacola man is dead after a single-vehicle crash early Saturday in Escambia County. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the 20-year-old victim was eastbound on Interstate 10 near mile marker 14 around 2:47 a.m. Saturday when the SUV he was driving veered off the roadway to the...

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’: Top Headlines from Nov. 3, 2025 PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — Escambia County officials responded to a flipped fuel truck on Monday morning. According to officials, the fuel truck flipped at the CEFCO off Fairfield Drive around 7:30 a.m. on Nov. 3. Officials said there is no threat to the...

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- A 38-year-old Pensacola woman is now charged for the murder of her 48-year-old boyfriend in August. Shana Gulley was charged with the homicide of Timothy Preyer last week. She has been in jail since Aug. 19, as she was arrested following the incident on an unrelated...

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- A 28-year-old Pensacola man was sentenced to 60 years in state prison for several charges, including trafficking Fentanyl and ramming a deputy vehicle. Honorable Judge John F. Simon Jr. sentenced Derrell Roman on charges of:. Trafficking in Fentanyl. Attempted Aggravated Battery of a Law...

The City of Pensacola’s relationship with local businesses took center stage this week. Readers wanted the latest details on the Reimagine Palafox project and how downtown retailers felt about the five- to six-month closure of South Palafox Street. Retailers appeared before the Pensacola City Council on Oct. 23 and...

Here's a roundup of our top stories from the past week. With a subscription to the Pensacola News Journal , you will receive full access to the work done by our journalists and photographers as they head out every day to help inform and explain the important issues affecting your community. Waffle House to convert...

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- A 20-year-old Pensacola man is dead after a single-vehicle crash in Escambia County on Saturday morning. Troopers say the incident occurred around 2:47 a.m. on Interstate 10 near mile marker 14 when the gray SUV he was driving eastbound left the roadway and collided with a sound-attenuating...

Two people were arrested after shoplifting from a Dillard’s in Slidell before fleeing from police. Kelsey Baird, 34, of Navarre, Florida, and Eric Boudreaux, 43, of Biloxi, Mississippi, were arrested. According to Slidell police, they were notified of a shoplifting in progress. When the shoplifter, identified as...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- $6.5 million of medical debt was erased for thousands of Escambia County residents. Transformation Church picked up the bill for 4,400 people. Those who had their medical debt paid for didn't have to attend the church. It was all based on how much debt someone was in or if they made below the...