Aug 13, 2015
Pensacola Senior Games right around the corner
The City of Pensacola Parks and Recreation Department and Humana will present the 2015 Pensacola Senior Games Sept. 7 through 20. Athletes 50 and older are invited to compete in 21 events including bocce, horseshoes, bowling, darts, track and field, tennis, swimming and more. First-timers and seasoned athletes are both welcome.
Aug 13, 2015
Military working dog seeks ‘furever’ home
Military working dog, Cleo, a 5-year-old German shepherd has medically retired and is ready to be adopted.
Aug 13, 2015
2 face charges for allegedly shooting wildlife officer
Florida Panhandle authorities say the two men responsible for shooting a wildlife officer during a violent struggle Friday also tried to repeatedly run him over with his patrol boat.
Aug 13, 2015
State, DOD purchase 165 acres at Whiting Field
Gov. Rick Scott and cabinet members approved the purchase of the 165-acre Clear Creek/Whiting Field parcel in Santa Rosa County for $705,000 from Paradise Bay Developers.
Aug 13, 2015
Florida Forest Service breaks national prescribed fire record
Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam announced that the Florida Forest Service treated more than 246,000 acres of state forests with prescribed fire over the last 12 months, the highest number ever reported by a state forestry agency in United States history.
Aug 13, 2015
Dad home from deployment surprises kids with scavenger hunt
The prize waiting at the end of a scavenger hunt for three southwest Florida children was bigger than they could have imagined. After working their way through the clues, their father, a master sergeant in the U.S. Air Force, was home a few days early from his six-month deployment in the Middle East.
Aug 13, 2015
Airman honored as one of 2015’s outstanding airmen of the year
Staff Sgt. Kurtis Harrison, 96th Communications Squadron Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems Project Manager, was recognized as one of the Air Force’s 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year, one of the top-level honors an airman can receive.
Aug 13, 2015
AF Small Business Programs director visits Eglin
Mark Teskey, Air Force director of Small Business Programs, visited Eglin Air Force Base July 27 to highlight the importance of driving small business competition and the continuous development of the local industrial base.
Aug 13, 2015
Baptist and YMCA partner to improve community health
Baptist Health Care and the YMCA of Northwest Florida (YMCA) have formally entered into a partnership with the aim of working together to better address the health needs of northwest Florida. This new relationship recognizes Baptist as the YMCA’s primary health care and rehabilitation services partner and the YMCA as Baptist’s primary wellness partner in the marketplace.
Aug 13, 2015
Food industry asks for exemptions to trans fat phase out
Shortening, pie crusts, brownies and microwave popcorn could be partially exempt from a government phase out of artificial trans fats — if the food industry gets its way.