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PENSACOLA, Fla. (WALA) -A tiny home village for senior citizens has officially opened in Pensacola, nearly two years after the Catholic Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee broke ground on the project. Trinity Village is a nine-home community specifically for senior citizens who are having trouble finding affordable housing. “One thing that really...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- A middle school cafeteria manager in Pensacola was recognized on a state level Friday by receiving the "2026 School Lunch Hero Award." Sharon Horne is the cafeteria manager at Workman Middle School. She has worked in Escambia County for over 25 years, starting at Escambia High School.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The mother of an Escambia County homicide suspect in early March was arrested for accessory to murder. The sheriff's office says Sonya Cross-McAdoo of Montgomery, Alabama, helped her son Devaughn Williamson cross state lines in an attempt to evade capture. Williamson was eventually caught in Phoenix, Arizona,...

FLORIDA — A line of storms carrying embedded circulations and tornado potential will sweep across Florida on Friday, May 1, 2026, affecting a broad zone stretching from the Panhandle through central Florida. The threat is not expected to be widespread or significant, but enough potential exists across the green zone to warrant awareness. Tornadoes, if they occur, are expected to remain below EF-2 intensity...

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — The Escambia County Public School board may face the scary reality of closing schools, based on financial hurdles discussed at their most recent school board meeting.  Escambia County Superintendent Keith Leonard said the state is partially to blame. The Florida Department of Education sends voucher scholarships to hundreds of students […]

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- Deputies say a man tried to offer candy to a child getting off a school bus on Thursday in Escambia County. The sheriff's office is now trying to locate the vehicle or two men inside. "We were made aware of an incident that occurred [Thursday] in...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- A Pensacola woman says she's received eight packages in the past four days. All have come from the same unfamiliar sender, and all were empty. In fact, thousands of Americans have reported this exact same problem to the Better Business Bureau just this month. The bureau says...

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- Escambia County deployed more than 380 tons of concrete from the old Pensacola Bay Fishing Bridge this week to create a new artificial reef. The county says this provides "an excellent habitat for marine life and a new site for divers to explore." The Escambia County...

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from April 30, 2026 PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — Florida Highway Patrol Traffic Homicide Investigation officials have arrested a man in connection with a deadly pedestrian crash in June 2025. According to an FHP news release, Kenneth Earl Bodley Jr., of Pensacola, was arrested and charged with leaving […]

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- At least 19,000 children are in Florida's foster care system, according to AdoptUSkids. Many of them will move from home to home as they age through the system. The recent arrest of two foster parents in Escambia County is raising questions about the system. Officials in...