Pensacola FL

Local weather report for Saturday, August 16. This report updates during the day. Today our temperature will range from a low of 72° to a high of 93°. Sunrise is 6:15 AM and Sunset 7:28 PM . Night. There is a 0% chance of rain in the morning , 0% chance of rain in the afternoon and 10% chance of rain during the...

The goal was to have newsmakers on the air and help listeners connect the dots on local and national news stories. And we quickly won over long-time WCOA listeners and those who had tired of loudmouths pontificating about local issues they didn’t understand. Our first show included Mayor Grover...

ELBERTA, Ala. (WALA) - The Alabama Department of Environmental Management has issued a cease and desist order to a construction company working on a project in Baldwin County. The order was issued to Wilkes Construction Company. ADEM says the order has been issued because of improperly managed storm water runoff into...

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — Escambia County EMS has been recognized as one of the top EMS providers in Florida for pediatric readiness. According to an Escambia County news release, the emergency medical service provider is one of seven EMS providers in the state to earn the Florida PEDReady Gold Tier recognition...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A Pensacola man pleaded guilty to charges related to an armed robbery. Ulysses Robinson Jr. of Pensacola was charged and pleaded guilty to interference with commerce by threat or violence, discharging a firearm during a crime or violence, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, a...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- The second weekend of Party in the Park was in Pensacola on Saturday. It's a wrap of a two-day celebration of the upgraded Hollis T. Williams Park. People came from across the city to get involved in their community. With everything from live music to games to...

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- A man was shot in the shoulder in Escambia County on Friday evening. The shooting happened on Melody Lane and Market Street, according to the Escambia County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff's office says they have one male suspect. Both the victim and a witness identified Timothy...

At long last, Pensacola may finally get its first Costco. Costco’s proposal to build its first Pensacola store on East Nine Mile Road is slated for approval on Aug. 20 by Escambia County’s Development Review Committee. Costco is a membership warehouse club that has hundreds of locations worldwide and offers a wide...

Pensacola’s rebooted curbside recycling program has cleared its first bar, Mayor D.C. Reeves said Wednesday, with sign‑ups running ahead of the city’s initial goal. Support Local Stories. Support Public Media. “We’re now up to 2,700 households, which is about 13% of our current sanitation,” Reeves said at...

PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — A Pensacola woman is heading to jail after pleading no contest to charges of adoption deception and petit theft. According to court documents, 31-year-old Shanarial Deborra Johnson took nearly $10,000 from a family who was supposed to adopt her child. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office...