Wawa Plans 8 Gulf Coast Stores in Mobile, Baldwin and Pensacola
Wawa, the Pennsylvania-based convenience store and gas station chain, plans to open more than 40 stores across south Alabama and the Florida Panhandle over the next eight to 10 years,…
18-year-old seriously hurt in head-on crash with tractor-trailer in Washington County, Florida
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Fla. — An 18-year-old is dealing with serious injuries after his pickup truck collided with a tractor-trailer on State Road 20 early Tuesday morning, according to the Florida…
Wawa Could Be Coming to Pensacola and Mobile
Wawa fans in the Gulf Coast may soon have a new place to grab a hoagie and a cup of coffee. The convenience store and gas station chain announced Monday…
Gulf Breeze Businesses Fear They Won’t Survive Bridge Closure
Business owners in Gulf Breeze say they are scared they won’t be able to keep their doors open much longer. They made it through the COVID-19 pandemic, but the closure…
Waterfront Rescue Mission Closed, Repairing Damage After Hurricane Sally
More than two weeks after Hurricane Sally struck the Gulf Coast, cleanup continues at the Waterfront Rescue Mission on Patton Drive in Pensacola, leaving dozens of homeless people with nowhere…
UWF offers pass/fail grading option for Spring 2020
PENSACOLA, Fla. — The University of West Florida will let students convert Spring 2020 courses to satisfactory/unsatisfactory, or pass/fail, grading as the campus responds to disruption from COVID-19. All undergraduate…
Trial set to begin for Pensacola man accused of carjacking, rape
PENSACOLA, Fla. — The trial is set to begin Thursday for a man accused of carjacking and raping a woman in the Pensacola area. According to the Escambia County arrest…
Pensacola man found shot dead months after ex-wife’s gunpoint divorce arrest
Investigators in Escambia County are working to determine whether a fatal shooting in a Pensacola subdivision falls under Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law, after a man was found dead of…
Pensacola man found guilty of murder in grandfather’s beating death
PENSACOLA, Fla. — A jury has found a Pensacola man guilty of second-degree murder in the beating death of his grandfather. Marcus Knight was accused of killing 66-year-old James Royster,…
Fort Walton Beach woman critically hurt after car turns into her path in crosswalk
A 55-year-old woman suffered serious injuries in Fort Walton Beach after she was hit by a turning car while she was walking inside a marked crosswalk, according to investigators. The…