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Spring football: Jay looking for 'big things' from experienced defense entering 2024 season
Things continue to improve for the Jay football team. Under the guidance of third-year head coach Brian Watson, there’s been growth – whether that be the literal team size, or play on the field. For the first time since 2018, the Royals posted a winning record during the 2023 campaign. ...
Memorial Day 2024: Pensacola area ceremonies include patriotic music, solemn ceremonies
There will be picnics, parties and cookouts on Memorial Day and the preceding weekend. Hopefully good weather too. But tens of thousands along Northwest Florida will take time to honor the men and women who have died in defense of the United States since the country's inception. Memorial Day is May 27 and the proud military communities of Escambia and Santa Rosa counties will host solemn events to commemorate and honor those who, as the saying goes,...
The 68th Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival begins in Fort Walton Beach. Here's what to know
For 67 years, Captain Billy Bowlegs and his krewe have descended upon Fort Walton Beach for a weekend filled with debauchery, revelry and good times with the residents of Fort Walton Beach. This weekend, for the 68th time, Captain Billy, his pirate queen and his merry band of miscreants look...
Arrrgh, the noise: Billy Bowlegs is coming to Fort Walton Beach, with cannons a-blazing
FORT WALTON BEACH — Officials from Fort Walton Beach are warning the public that loud noises will be heard along Santa Rosa Sound this weekend. But don't be alarmed. It's all part of Billy Bowlegs' arrival at Fort Walton Beach. On Friday, a mock sea battle, including simulated gunfire...
SALUTE TO OUR MILITARY: MSgt Darryl Wilson
WEAR News is giving a Salute to our Military. Tonight we honor Master Sergeant retired Darryl Wilson who served 26 years in the U.S. Air Force. He now serves as a civilian employee at Hurlburt Field. He was recently selected as the 505th Command and Control Wing’s Volunteer of the...
The GHS softball team advances to state for the first time since 2016 after 3-0 win at Gulf Breeze
GULF BREEZE, Fla. (WCJB) - Since the postseason began, GHS has only given up four runs and that is a combination of quality hitting at the plate and freshman phenom Leanna Bourdage continues to ring up batters. Thanks to another complete game performance, GHS upsets Gulf Breeze, 3-0. The (22-4) Lady Canes are going back to state for the first time since 2016, when they won the title.
Airline offers ‘exclusive nonstop service’ from Destin to Connecticut
DESTIN, Fla. (WKRG) — Travelers will soon have an “exclusive nonstop service” as the first and only airline begins to offer non-stop service between Florida’s Emerald Coast and Connecticut. Avelo Airlines is taking off today in a “special inaugural flight,” that marks the beginning of nonstop service between Florida Panhandle’s Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport and […]
SALUTE TO OUR MILITARY: Gen. Daniel 'Chappie' James Jr.
WEAR News is giving a salute to our military. Tonight we honor General Daniel “Chappie” James Jr.. who served in the U.S. Air Force. He was the first African American to reach the rank of four-star General. He was from Pensacola. Thank you for your service, General Daniel...
FPL crews will be pruning trees in Pensacola next week
Florida Power and Light will be pruning back trees in Pensacola later this month, and Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves said the city will keep a close eye on the work. Reeves said that crews working for FPL will be pruning trees away from power lines in the city beginning on Monday through the...
Small businesses across U.S. struggling to pay rent on time amid economic pinch
PENSACOLA, Fla. -- New numbers reveal just how many small businesses are struggling under economic pressure. The networking platform Alignable surveyed more than 4,100 small businesses across the country. In April, 43% of them could not pay their rent in full or on time. At Rusted Arrow Mercantile in Downtown...
“Think before you dive”: HCA Fort Walton-Destin Hospital raises awareness of shallow diving dangers with new signage
HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital has launched a new beach safety and injury prevention campaign in collaboration with their trauma department to raise awareness about the dangers of shallow diving in the Destin-Fort Walton Beach area. As part of the initiative, new “Think before you dive” signs have been added...
Drive-Thru Food Giveaway happening May 18 at Northwest Florida Fairgrounds
Destin Harvest, Feeding the Gulf Coast, and the Northwest Florida Fair Association are collaborating to host a food giveaway event on Saturday, May 18th at the NWFL Fairgrounds. The event aims to provide free food to those in need within the community. Feeding the Gulf Coast will be delivering a...
More rain, but not all day
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Good Tuesday morning everyone!. It’s been an active night on radar with showers and thunderstorms passing through. Thankfully we haven’t seen any severe thunderstorms but general gusty bands of storms passing through with heavy rains at times. Let’s be careful on roadways this...
Gulf Breeze softball has tough end to season in region championship in loss against Gainesville
A breakthrough season with the Gulf Breeze Dolphins softball team was ended Thursday night by a youthful breakout star. Gainesville High freshman Leanna Bourdage, already ranked among the nation’s upper tier of prep pitchers, dazzled with 12 strikeouts and a three-hit shutout in leading her team past host Gulf Breeze, 3-0, in the...
First loggerhead turtle nest of 2024 season recorded on Pensacola Beach
PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. (WKRG) — Volunteers with Escambia County Sea Turtle Patrol recorded the first nest of the 2024 season early Friday morning at Pensacola Beach. Volunteers found two false crawls earlier this week, but this time, they found a nest. The nest is a loggerhead, which makes up 90% of the nests laid in […]
High rip current risk this weekend along Florida's Gulf beaches
A combination of a cold front moving across Florida this weekend and winds predominantly out of the south to southwest through Sunday, is bringing dangerous and life threatening rip currents along Florida’s Gulf Coast. The National Weather Service says there is a High Risk for rip currents along Florida’s...
First loggerhead nest of season recorded on Pensacola Beach
Escambia County Sea Turtle Patrol volunteers recorded the first nest of the 2024 season on Pensacola Beach early Friday morning. Volunteers and staff earlier in the week had found two false crawls, which is when female turtles abandon nesting attempts. The nest is a loggerhead, which account for 90% of...
Deputies: Pensacola man steals jeep at tire shop while dropping off stolen Cadillac
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- A 34-year-old Pensacola man stole a Jeep from a tire shop Wednesday while dropping off a stolen Cadillac Escalade at the shop, according to the Escambia County Sheriff's Office. Wendell Thompson is charged with:. two counts of vehicle theft. fleeing and eluding. resisting an officer. fraud.
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