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Updated at 10:43 p.m. Seventy-five firefighters are in their third hour battling a blaze threatening an entire city block. Now with video More
Results from Tuesday's Pensacola area prep action. More
Updated at 11 p.m. Jeremy G. Blade was being followed by deputies on Burgess Road when he stopped his vehicle and shot himself. More
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A lawyer for Florida lobbyists told the state Supreme Court on Tuesday that it should throw out a three-year-old ethics law because lawmakers don’t have the authority to impose fines they created. More
BAY MINETTE, Ala. (AP) — State officials have disputed a U.S. Justice Department civil rights division report critical of operations at the William F. Green State Veterans Home in Bay Minette. More
A commuter flight inbound to Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport made an emergency landing in Mobile this morning after losing cabin pressure at cruising altitude. More
Gov. Charlie Crist said he opposes any tax increases to handle the current budget deficit. More
Wednesday is the last day to purchase tickets for the Santa Rosa County Chamber of Commerce 72nd annual Leadership Awards and Installation Banquet. More
I-110 northbound will be closed Wednesday at Fairfield Drive for pavement striping and bridge work. More
TALLAHASEE -- Sen. Don Gaetz, a Republican from Niceville, zeroed in this morning on one of the toughest questions policy makers face as they trim an already thin state workforce to deal with a $2.4 billion budget shortfall. More
House Speaker Ray Sansom on Monday resigned his job with a college in his district. More
The following suspects were charged with felonies Monday at Escambia County Jail. Names, ages and addresses were provided by the individuals. More
The Parent Place, Children’s Services Center’s program that puts toys and books into the hands of children who might otherwise not have any, is moving to 1000 W. Leonard St., Pensacola. More
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is paring some of its earlier gains following mixed readings on the economy. More
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — No tickets matched all five “Fantasy 5” numbers, meaning the 354 tickets with four numbers correct are worth $555 each, the Florida Lottery said Tuesday. More
Investigators hope evidence recovered at the crash scene will provide some clue about why the helicopter went down Sunday. More
DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — A missing Alabama police supervisor who vanished from his office last week has been arrested in Las Vegas and is accused of staging his disappearance to cover up a theft. More
Sacred Heart Hospital’s SENIORSpirit! program will present a free seminar on vertebral compression fractures. More
The closure of "C" Street in Pensacola -- from Larua to Belmont streets -- will be closed to through traffic starting Wednesday. More
Claudia Rossett, journalist-in-residence and director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Investigative Reporting Project, will be the guest speaker for the Jan. 16 meeting of the Panhandle Tiger Bay Club. More
From the National Weather Service: More
Both have won the Heisman. Both will be playing Thursday for a national championship. But quarterbacks Tim Tebow and Sam Bradford have little else in common. More
Two players from different regions have common opinion on strength of SEC More
Henri "Mae" Anderson, 89, of Pensacola died Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. Visitation: 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Pensacola Memorial Gardens Funeral Home until services begin at 2:30 p.m. More
An information-technology firm employing about 60 people could be coming to East Milton. More
News Journal photographer Katie King on the scene of Tuesday night's fire in downtown Milton. More
Junior will not return for senior season. More
The former governor said today he's not a candidate for the U.S. Senate to replace Mel Martinez. Is Joe Scarborough interested? Read on. More
Left out of the national title game, Colt McCoy and Texas made the most of their trip to the Fiesta Bowl. More
Update: Public Defender James Owens began replacing employees today, his first day on the job. More
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If you learn nothing in the coming year, at the very least learn to never, ever say never again. 
Horatio Alger's rags-to-riches stories are nice but simplistic, ignoring the fact that people need some kind of opportunity to get ahead. 
I think we need a third party, unless Barack Obama shows me he can tame a Democratic Congress that has shown no more guts or fiscal sanity than the Republican Congress that preceded it. 
When Baptist Health Care's plan to buy West Florida Hospital collapsed last week, the news surprised few and pleased many. 
Are we now ready to talk seriously about consolidation, in the blunt reality of too few tax dollars to underwrite some redundant city and county services? 
Last weekend, there was a sale on my childhood memories. 
When it came to guiding America through a perilous time, George W. Bush did a much better job than his contemporaries would ever admit. 
Some people won't give up their "rights" for anything. 