Pensacola FL

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- Applications open Friday for Escambia County parents to apply for free or reduced priced school lunches for their kids. This only applies to 11 schools in the county. That list is as follows:. Elementary Schools. Beulah Elementary. Blue Angels Elementary. Cook Elementary. Cordova Park...

Responding to recent citizen complaints about parking enforcement, Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves clarified at his Wednesday press conference that the city operates on a complaint-driven system rather than proactive patrolling. He emphasized that the 24-hour parking ordinance exists to prevent vehicles from being stored...

A study into the cause of Lake Bonny's severe flooding after Hurricane Milton has confirmed residents' allegations: The city's pump and infrastructure are "insufficient" for storm events. The results of the Lake Bonny Watershead Study by third-party consultant Aecom Technical Services Inc., based out of Tampa, became...

WEAR is giving a salute to our military. Tonight we honor Sergeant Steve William Walker Jr. who served 14 years in the U.S. Army and 6 years in the National Guard. Thank you for your service, Sergeant Steve William Walker Jr.

The Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County has lifted a health advisory issued for Navarre Beach last week. Tests completed on July 29 indicate that the water quality at Navarre Beach public accesses 37A (at the west end of the beach before the National Seashore) and 40B (towards the east end of the beach...

Relief from sweltering temperatures has been dangled in front of the Florida Panhandle like a carrot on a stick after forecasts have steadily pushed milder temperatures further and further away. The National Weather Service has issued the fifth heat advisory in as many days for Escambia, Santa Rosa, and Okaloosa...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- A noise ordinance has been in effect in Downtown Pensacola for years. Excessively loud music coming from cars and nightclubs is banned after 11 p.m. The state passed the "Loud Music Law" in 2022, which makes it illegal to play music in a car that is "plainly audible" at a distance of more than 25...

WALTON COUNTY, Fla. -- A Pensacola surgeon has been sentenced to eight years in prison after being found guilty earlier this year of raping a woman in Walton County. Circuit Court Judge J. Ryan Love sentenced Dr. Francis Herrbold, 54, on Thursday to eight years in prison followed by three years of Sex Offender...

Robert Youens, a 71-year-old adventurer from Texas, landed in Pensacola Thursday night after becoming the fastest person to navigate through a roughly 6,000-mile boating route known as the Great Loop. And he did it all in his 16-foot Jon boat, the Ageless Wanderer. Youens’ Garmin tracker last reported him entering...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- A 36-year-old Fairhope man was arrested on Thursday after homeowners caught him attempting to burglarize their Pensacola neighborhood. The Escambia County Sheriff's Office says John Rush tried to steal $4,400 worth of property on the 7400 block of Woodside Road, also causing at least $500 in...