Pensacola FL

On the evening of July 31st, the 71-year-old Robert Youens “crossed his wake” in Pensacola after completing the Great Loop in 19 days, 13 hours and 1 minute with his 16-foot jon boat. This shatters the previous single-engine record for the 6000 mile passage of 19 days, 19 hours and fifty minutes. Along the way,...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- There are a lot of young people who are hurting in silence. Angela Walls kept quiet about that for too long, until she stitched together her compassion and some courage, and simply spoke up. This is from the voice of an Angel In Our Midst. "This is...

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- A woman accidentally drove her car into a pet store in Escambia County on Tuesday afternoon. The owner of Barney’s Pet World on Blue Angel Parkway said she arrived to pick up her cats from grooming. She apparently thought she put her car in park, but ended up accelerating into the building.

PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — Many senior citizens in Northwest Florida receive free, hot meals thanks to the Council on Aging of West Florida. But now, that service has been reduced from five days a week to four.  “You know it’s hard because at the end of the week, you cook for 3 days instead of 2. […]

PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — A car ran into a business Tuesday afternoon, Escambia County officials said. According to Escambia County Public Information Officer Davis Wood, the ECFR responded to the 1500 block of North Blue Angel Parkway, Barney’s Pet World, at about 1:45 p.m. for an auto versus building. The building...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- For 20 years, one Pensacola nonprofit organization has been taking school supplies directly to students who need them. The beginning of the school year always comes with upfront costs before students set foot into the classroom. Obtaining school supplies, such as pens, paper, and clothing, can...

The Armed Forces Disciplinary Control Board (AFDCB) at NAS Pensacola has identified Wild Greg’s Saloon in downtown Pensacola and Pharaoh 2, a convenience store on Gulf Beach Highway, as locations that “expose Service members to unsafe and crime-conducive conditions, adversely impacting the good orderr and discipline,...

Yes, kids love the adorable doggies on " Paw Patro l,'' the children's animated show about a group of search-and-rescue dog such as Chase, the police dog, Marshall the firedog, Skye the air rescue pup, and the rest of their do-gooder canine gang. But animated dogs can't give sloppy kisses and you can't rub their...

SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement is trying to recruit Florida deputies to join their ranks. Currently, deputies across the state are working with the federal government through the 287 (g) program. That allows them to operate like ICE agents. Now, the federal government is asking these...

MILTON, Fla. -- The arrest report for the now-former Okaloosa County corrections officer charged with murdering a woman at his Milton home states he tried to claim he shot her out of self-defense, but crime scene evidence suggested otherwise. Curtis Johnson, 47, was arrested Saturday night in Santa Rosa County...