Pensacola FL

If someone gave you a dollar, would you put it on your ceiling instead of spending it? This Pensacola pub has done that over a million times since the 1970s.

PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — A Pensacola man has been indicted on a charge involving possession of a firearm. According to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Florida, a jury indicted Jerney Jabara Purifoy, 33, for firearm possession by a convicted felon on Sept. 8. Purifoy could serve up to...

The new owner of a Gulf Breeze home purchased from embattled plastic surgeon Dr. Ben Brown may be permitted to keep a pool enclosure that was illegally installed before the home went to market. Warren Sonnen, the son of Derek Sonnen, who had purchased the property, was forced to appear before the Santa Rosa County...

Pensacola City Council chambers were nearly filled Thursday night with a crowd demanding the city cancel a drag show scheduled two days before Christmas at the city-owned Saenger Theatre. “A Drag Queen Christmas” is set to come to the Saengar Theatre on Dec. 23, but the show’s proximity to the Christmas holiday has...

PENSACOLA, Fla.. -- Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital is using cutting-edge technology to help patients living with trigeminal neuralgia. It's a condition that causes extreme nerve pain in the face. Patients who suffer from it say it feels like an electric shock. Now, a tool called the "gamma knife" is giving...

Genevieve Gallagher’s Vibrio vulnificus infection sent her into septic shock after boating in Pensacola Bay GoFundMe A Florida mother of three is warning other beachgoers after nearly losing her life to a deadly flesh-eating bacterial infection that ravaged her leg and left her and her family traumatized. On July 27,...

SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — A Gulf Breeze man was killed and two others were injured during a crash Wednesday evening in Santa Rosa County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. According to an FHP news release, at about 6:35 p.m. on Sept. 10, a 39-year-old Gulf Breeze woman, driving an SUV, was sitting […]

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office has announced it will no longer be enforcing Florida’s open carry firearm ban. According to a Facebook post from the ECSO, Florida Statute 790.053, which instituted an open carry ban, has been ruled unconstitutional by the First District Court of...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Chris Mayo was protecting his dog when he was attacked by a bear in his backyard. For the first time, the Gulf Breeze man spoke publicly about his brush with death. Just two months after the rare attack, the Florida Wildlife Commission approved the first black...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- A Navy veteran received a new roof Wednesday, thanks to a nonprofit. Destiny Watson was having issues with leaks coming from her roof. Her insurance company denied to cover the costs for a new one. Watson reached out to "Operation Homefront" for help. The nonprofit looks to...