Pensacola top stories: Pensacola may be getting a Costco, Roy Jones Jr.'s son dies, more

Here's a roundup of our top stories from the past week.

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Pensacola may finally be getting its first Costco. Here's what we know

A Tampa engineering firm applied Monday to build a Costco, a membership warehouse club offering low prices on brand-name merchandise, at 235 E. Nine Mile Road.

The retail store is planned to be 161,780 square feet with a gas station and 885 parking spaces, according to plans filed with Escambia County. The location is at the intersection of Nine Mile Road and Chemstrand Road in a shopping plaza that includes a Planet Fitness and a former Kmart store.

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Roy Jones Jr. of Pensacola announces death of his son DeAndre

Multi-time boxing champion and Pensacola native Roy Jones Jr. announced the death of his son Monday.

In a Facebook post, Jones said his son DeAndre Jones took his own life on Saturday.

"I'm so thankful that God allowed me to come home Friday night to spend the last night of his life with me and the family," Jones wrote on Facebook. "I know a lot of people are going through tough times right now, but nothing is worth taking your own life.

Pensacola's iconic Blue Dot has captured local hearts, minds and appetites almost 80 years

Simplicity, passion and dedication.

That’s what it’s taken for Byron Long and his iconic Blue Dot Barbeque to remain a staple in the hearts and minds of the Pensacola community for three generations.

Located at 310 N. DeVilliers St., Blue Dot’s reputation as one of the Panhandle’s most popular burgers even transcends state lines. Long recounted multiple instances of being recognized outside of Florida as "the Blue Dot man."

Blue Dot was founded by Long’s great uncle and aunt, Blue and Dot Robinson, in 1946 and has been a community-staple for nearly 80 years.

Hunting for water parks near Pensacola? Here are four parks you can drive to

Living within driving distance of Pensacola Beach offers plenty of opportunity for residents to soak up some sun while cooling off from grueling summer temps. But where do you go when you want to really spice things up?

Public pools or splash pads are a couple of options, but what if you're looking for something a bit more exhilarating? That's when a good old-fashioned water park comes into play.

For years, Big Kahuna's in Destin was the go-to water park destination for anyone who wanted to take a day trip, but that's no longer the case.

Here are some water parks worth keeping you busy this summer in and near the Pensacola area:

Teen who left Pensacola hospital undergoes 6th surgery after Florida shark attack

Nearly two weeks after leaving a Pensacola hospital, Alabama teen Lulu Gribbin underwent her sixth surgery following a near-fatal shark attack in Walton County.

Gribbin, the 15-year-old who was on a mother-daughter beach vacation at Rosemary Beach, was one of three people attacked by a shark on June 7. She was then airlifted to Sacred Heart Hospital where she had lifesaving amputation surgery.

Her mother, Ann, wrote on CaringBridge Monday that surgeons had to operate on Lulu Gribbin once more after discovering bacteria in her leg, noting it would be the sixth time she had surgery since the shark attack.