Pensacola News Journal
- Feds award $39M in loans, grants for Sally so far to homeowners, renters
Wednesday - 10/28/2020 - 06:00 AMAlmost $20 million has been distributed to Escambia and Santa Rosa counties homeowners and renters.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Escambia County School District requests 25 acres of OLF-8 property to build new school
Wednesday - 10/28/2020 - 06:39 AMAs Escambia County plans uses for 540 acres of undeveloped property in Beulah, the school district has requested 25 acres for a new school
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Lara Trump appeals to evangelical voters to support Donald Trump in Pensacola stop
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 10:25 PM"The silent majority is bigger now than it was in 2016, and we're going to be heard from in a very loud way on Nov. 3," Lara Trump said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Santa Rosa County urging residents to safely secure Sally debris ahead of Zeta
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 04:36 PMSanta Rosa County still has about 750,000 cubic yards of debris left to pick up from Hurricane Sally, and is urging residents to secure their yard debris ahead of potential tropical storm-force winds from Hurricane Zeta.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Milton City Council appoints Navy vet and former pastor David Richardson to council seat
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 08:39 PMCiting his stated desire to unite the city of Milton and move it forward as one cohesive community, the Milton City Council selected former pastor David T. Richardson, Jr. as its next council member to fill the vacancy in Ward I on Tuesday night.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Navarre man indicted for first and second-degree murder for Sept. double homicide
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 01:36 PMCourtney Howell was arrested in September on suspicion of stabbing his girlfriend and stepfather to death.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Two whale sharks, manta ray spotted together off Destin
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 07:42 AMTwo whale sharks and large manta ray were spotted swimming around the sunken Thomas Heyward a Liberty Ship.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - OLF-8 plans spark discussion on whether housing and jobs are an 'either-or' proposal
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 07:00 AMFour preliminary plans for developing OLF-8 have sparked debate on whether the 540-acre needs housing to create high-paying jobs
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - COVID-19 in Florida: What you need to know Monday, Oct. 26
Monday - 10/26/2020 - 11:38 AMThe Florida Department of Health reported 3,377 new COVID-19 cases and 20 newly verified deaths Monday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Photos: Pensacola Confederate monument removal begins
Monday - 10/26/2020 - 04:33 PMCrews are working to remove the statue of the soldier atop Pensacola's Confederate Monument in Florida Square.
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- 'His legacy will never die': Elder Bernard C. Yates passes away at 64 years old
Wednesday - 10/28/2020 - 06:32 AMElder Bernard C. Yates had been the pastor at the Zion Hope Primitive Baptist Church in Pensacola for 35 years until his unexpected death on Saturday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Hurricane Zeta expected to reach northern Gulf Coast as 'significant hurricane'
Wednesday - 10/28/2020 - 07:52 AMZeta is expected to reach the northern Gulf Coast as a significant hurricane, making landfall in Louisiana this afternoon.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Photos: Meet the new Naval Aviation Museum Foundation President and CEO Rear Adm. Kyle Cozad
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 03:52 PMRetired Rear Adm. Kyle Cozad takes over as the new Naval Aviation Museum Foundation President and CEO.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - County early voting sites to close early Wednesday, open late Thursday for Tropical Storm Zeta
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 05:11 PMPolls in Escambia County and Santa Rosa County will close early Wednesday as Tropical Storm Zeta, which is forecast to regain hurricane strength, approaches Northwest Florida.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - COVID-19 in Florida: What you need to know Tuesday, Oct. 27
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 01:43 PMThe Florida Department of Health reported 4,298 new COVID-19 cases and 56 newly verified deaths Tuesday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tropical Storm Zeta: Escambia, Santa Rosa prepare for Zeta; Escambia schools release an hour early
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 03:19 PMThe Category 1 storm is on track to make landfall in southern Louisiana around 7 p.m. Wednesday. The western Florida Panhandle is under a Tropical Storm warning.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Hardship all around': Pensacola Beach businesses struggling with beach closure
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 07:00 AM"Next year will be different. March we reopen and I'm sure all the hotels will be open and everybody will be ready to go on vacation again."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Family of Pensacola man paralyzed in hit-and-run crash hopes reward will lead to arrest
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 07:00 AM"If he wasn't found, he would have died. Please, if you know anything, please come forward and say something."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Florida voter turnout could approach 1992 mark, which had an 83% turnout
Monday - 10/26/2020 - 02:50 PMWith the second week of early voting underway, the state Division of Elections reported Monday morning that 6,018,430 ballots had been cast at early voting sites and by mail. In all, Florida has 14,441,860 voters registered for the election.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Is more development in rural Escambia County a good thing? Share your thoughts tonight
Monday - 10/26/2020 - 01:26 PMCitizens are invited to share their thoughts on whether rural areas of northern Escambia County should be opened to denser development
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- Hurricane Zeta: What Pensacola area needs to know Wednesday
Wednesday - 10/28/2020 - 06:10 AMEscambia and Santa Rosa counties are under a tropical storm warning as Hurricane Zeta prepares to make landfall Wednesday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Photos: Lara Trump speaks during an Evangelicals for Trump event in Pensacola
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 11:11 PMLara Trump, daughter-in-law of President Donald Trump, speaks during an Evangelicals for Trump event in downtown Pensacola.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Photos: The SBA helps homeowners, renters obtain individual assistance loans after Sally
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 03:48 PMAlmost $20 million has been distributed to Escambia and Santa Rosa counties homeowners and renters.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pace shooting that killed 16-year-old girl being investigated as Stand Your Ground case
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 06:31 PMLaw enforcement announced Tuesday that "Stand Your Ground" may apply to a fatal shooting last week that killed a 16-year-old girl.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program needs your help protecting our waterways
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 12:22 PMFrom now until Dec. 23, 2020, the Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program will work with UWF to survey how residents use and perceive our waterways
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - UWF gets $6M grant to help veterans and first responders train for cybersecurity careers
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 03:30 PMThe National Security Agency awarded UWF a $6 million grant to develop a national program that trains first responders and veterans in cybersecurity.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pensacola City Council District 5 contest between community volunteers
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 06:52 AMTwo long-time Pensacola community volunteers and political newcomers — Ron Helms and Teniadé Broughton— are vying to become the next District 5 City Council member.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tropics watch: Watches, warnings issued along Gulf Coast in anticipation of Hurricane Zeta
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 08:03 AMZeta is forecast to be at or near
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hurricane strength when it approaches the northern Gulf Coast late
Wednesday. - Man shot and killed in Pensacola; ECSO searching for teenager wanted for questioning
Monday - 10/26/2020 - 05:31 PMThe Escambia County Sheriff's Office launched an investigation after one man was killed Monday morning by a shooting in Pensacola.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Gulf Islands National Seashore closes Perdido key in Florida ahead of Tropical Storm Zeta
Monday - 10/26/2020 - 02:46 PMGulf Islands National Seashore announced Monday that the Perdido Key and Johnson Beach areas in Florida will close at 5 p.m. ahead of Tropical Storm Zeta.
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