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Mobile AT&T workers plead for fair play in strike
MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — We are a week into a strike of more than 17,000 AT&T workers across the southeast,. The union representing the workers is accusing the company of unfair labor practices during contract negotiations this summer. Workers here in Mobile have joined in the strike, demanding that...
Unclaimed Baggage clothing to take the stage at Mrs. America Pageant
A Scottsboro woman competing in the 2024 Mrs. America Pageant is hoping to help others see the beauty in wearing second-hand clothing, and she’s shining a national spotlight on a popular Alabama business in the process. Hannah Seymour of Scottsboro will represent Alabama in this year’s Mrs. America Pageant...
Department of Education spells out performance grades for voluntary pre-K
The Florida Board of Education has approved new standards for voluntary prekindergarten programs, aiming to measure how well they prepare children for kindergarten and ultimately grades one through three. Voluntary prekindergarten (VPK), created in 2005, is designed to serve that function at no cost to families. Instructors must hold at...
Suspect arrested following alleged domestic dispute gives officers wrong name, later found to be fugitive wanted out of Florida
An investigation that began as an alleged domestic dispute on Old Waycross Highway ended up nabbing a fugitive wanted on a warrant out of Florida, according to a sheriff’s office report. On August 2, 2024, deputies received a call that Lucas Vasquez, 22, of Douglas, had damaged a door...
Stock up and save during Florida's second Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday
The State of Florida will launch its second Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday of 2024 on Saturday, Aug. 24, continuing through Friday, Sept. 6. During this period, residents can purchase qualifying disaster preparedness supplies tax-free. The tax holiday offers financial relief and encourages residents to prepare emergency kits during peak hurricane season.
Salmonella from cucumbers sickens hundreds; 60 in Florida. CDC says outbreak is over
Your cucumbers are safe again. According to health officials, the multistate salmonella outbreak — partially tracked to cucumbers from two Florida farms — that sickened 551 people in 34 states and the District of Columbia, including 60 in Florida, is over. ...
'A FINtastic place to be': New Destin High Principal Diane Kelley 'delighted' with 1st week
After a few weeks in, Diane Kelley loves her time as principal of Destin High School. “I love it, what’s not to like,” she said sitting in her office Wednesday morning. This is the fourth year for the Destin High Sharks, a charter school that got off the ground in 2021 with 300 students in grades nine through 11. In three years, the school added 12th grade, a three-story, 26,000-square-foot facility and now has an enrollment of about 660 students.
As Jubilee seeks rezoning to allow 8,000 new homes, data shows heavy toll on Pace roads
The developers of Jubilee, a long-discussed mega-community to be built on agricultural land north of Pace, are scheduled to meet with the Santa Rosa County Planning Board Sept. 9 to discuss rezoning that will allow for the construction of 8,017 new homes. Those homes, to be built primarily between Luther Fowler and...
Escambia, Santa Rosa high school football 2024 season schedule, results
Friday Night Lights returns to Northwest Florida. The 2024 high school football season is here in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties from the end of August until – at least – the end of the regular season at the end of October into the beginning of November. However, there are surely several teams...
Affordable homes built by Escambia County sitting empty during housing crisis. Here's why:
Escambia County’s use of the State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program (SHIP) is under scrutiny after county staff announced there is no longer any funding available for down payment assistance through the SHIP program. Now some are questioning why the county is spending so much of the state dollars, used jointly by the city of Pensacola and Escambia County, on other programs including building brand new homes and rebuilding others, and it's not really clear who is...
Florida homes owned by corporate investors: 117,000 — and counting
It was the serenity of The Enclave at Twin Rivers that pushed Kelly Phillips to buy. “The peacefulness of Parrish really drew us in,” said Phillips, who bought the house in Manatee County last year. “It had a lot of the things we wanted.”. Nestled along Gamble Creek...
Survey finds strong opposition to school library restrictions despite Florida book bans
A new national survey shows that two-thirds of American adults oppose efforts to restrict books in public schools. The data sheds more light on one of today's most pressing education issues, revealing a significant divide between public opinion and what's actually happening in school libraries, where book restrictions have skyrocketed across Florida...
Rising Above the Flood: Floridians lifting their homes above the surge
Lifting homes process to avoid flooding weather hurricanes, tropical storms, floods, record rainfall events more people are opting to lift their homes above storm surge flood zone hard to lift a home?
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