Pensacola FL

The Pensacola City Council nearly rejected the city's annual stormwater tax assessment after council members were unhappy with how the city is charging the tax. The City Council ultimately passed the annual stormwater assessment on Aug. 14 in a 4-2 vote. However, the measure came close to being rejected in what...

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — Florida Highway Patrol troopers arrested a local man after he allegedly crashed into one of their cruisers while the trooper was investigating a separate crash. According to an FHP crash report, the trooper was on U.S. 29 South and West Roberts Road at the other crash when 36-year-old...

After months of delay, Bay Bluffs Park is finally moving closer to reopening. Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves announced last week that the city and Conservation Florida have finalized a $2.2 million grant agreement with the state to fund long-anticipated improvements at the park. Support Local Stories. Support Public...

Pensacola has applied for $15 million from Triumph Gulf Coast to build a rail‑served inland port and industrial park, a move Mayor D.C. Reeves says would relieve pressure on the city’s small downtown seaport and create room for growth on and off the waterfront. Support Local Stories. Support...

PENSACOLA, Fla. — Levin Papantonio is offering a free legal education opportunity to the Pensacola community through its People's Law School. The law firm believes that "an informed community is a much safer, stronger community," and aims to empower residents by educating them about their legal rights. The program...

Northwest Florida is on track to retain nearly half of the roughly 5,200 service members who leave the military here each year, according to new data released this week, seeding the civilian workforce with about 2,250 veterans annually — many mid‑career, degree‑holding and already cleared for sensitive work.

MOBILE, Ala. -- Amtrak passenger rail service returns to the Gulf Coast bright and early Monday morning. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina stopped rail service east of Houston. Monday will be the first time the train will make it as far as Mobile in 20 years. That's as far as Amtrak...

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Eric Rataczak delivered a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth, leading the Pensacola Blue Wahoos to a memorable 5-4 win over the Birmingham Barons Saturday night. With a runner on third and one out, the Blue Wahoos left fielder poked a pop-up beyond the drawn-in...

Florida DOGE coming to Pensacola, Tim Kinsella’s resignation and Pensacola Little Theatre’s check to the Escambia Children’s Trust got the most attention this week—all of which we broke on this blog before anyone else. Not bad for a little newspaper. Mayor Reeves’ Heartfelt Tribute to Departing...

The victim, Randy Koch, a 42-year-old tree service worker from Louisiana who was in town helping with Hurricane Ivan cleanup, had been arrested for DUI and was refusing to take a Breathalyzer test. What happened next, captured on jail surveillance video, revealed a disturbing pattern of excessive force that civil...