A tropical depression formed off the coast of Florida on Sunday morning .
Maximum sustained winds are near 30 mph with higher gusts. Gradual strengthening is forecast, and the depression is expected to become a tropical storm tonight or on Monday.
The next storm name will be named Bertha.

The Escambia County Commission has reallocated over $8 million in District 5 dirt road paving funds from completed or delayed projects to dirt roads that can be paved sooner in District 5.
The $8,022,410 in budgeted funds was realigned from dirt road paving projects that were completed or delayed due to right-of-way constraints to projects that [...]

Thousands of people absolutely packed Pensacola Beach on Saturday for the 2026 Pensacola Beach Air Show featuring the Blue Angels.
For a photo gallery, click here.
NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.

UPDATE–He has been located.
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is searching for missing and endangered Cantonment man has seen before daybreak on Saturday.
The sheriff’s office said 44-year-old Matthew Thomas Sanders, Sr. was last seen at 4 a.m. on Green Tree Circle in Cantonment. He was wearing a grey shirt, black shorts and slides-style shoes. He is [...]

Thousands of people packed Pensacola Beach on Friday for the 2026 Pensacola Beach Air Show Full Dress Rehearsal.
For a photo gallery, click here.
Saturday at the2026 Pensacola Beach Air Show will feature an expanded lineup of military aircraft, historic warbirds and elite aerobatic performers July 17–18 over Pensacola Beach.
This year’s show carries special significance, honoring the [...]

A Molino man has been indicted on multiple federal charges including sex trafficking, prostitution, and money laundering.
Javier Cyree Tyrell Brown, 28, of Blueberry Lane, was indicted in federal court on one count of commercial sex trafficking, one count of financially benefiting from commercial sex trafficking, one count of using a facility for purposes of racketeering, [...]

Thousands of people got a sneak peak of the the action of Pensacola’s hometown Blue Angels during a full practice show on Thursday afternoon.
For a photo gallery from the practice show, and from the flight line at NAS Pensacola before the show, click here.
NorthEscambia.com photos by Perry Doggrell, click to enlarge.

Three people were injured in a T-bone collision on Friday in Davisville.
The crash happened at Highway 97 and Greenland Road. The driver of a Buick Century apparently T-boned a Chevrolet Equinox with both vehicles coming to a stop on Greenland Road.
Three people, all in their middle 70s, were transported to area hospitals by Escambia County [...]

The Town of Century is reaching out to the state’s top legal officer to resolve a confusing contradiction in its town rules. This week, the Town Council authorized its attorney to request an informal legal opinion from the Florida Attorney General on how to fix an accidental drafting error in the town charter without having [...]

A Milton man was charged with DUI manslaughter following a severe single-vehicle crash early Wednesday morning that claimed the life of a 17-year-old passenger in Santa Rosa County.
The incident occurred on July 15, 2026, at approximately 1:46 A.M. on Munson Highway.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, 22-year-old Dylan Shane Barnhill of Milton was operating a [...]

One person was injured in a three-vehicle crash Wednesday morning in Molino.
The crash happened about 6:40 a.m. at the intersection of Highway 29 and Highway 196. The crash involved a passenger car, a pickup truck that rolled over in the intersection, and a Dodge 3500 truck pulling a trailer load of hay.
One person from the [...]

The Century Town Council limits public forum speakers to three minutes, but spent well over an hour on Tuesday night in a back and forth with a local resident about her water bill.
Senecca Bright, a resident of Alger Road, approached the council about rising utility bills, which she attributed to multiple faulty water meters, including [...]

One person was injured in a single-vehicle rollover Tuesday night in Oak Grove.
The 21-year-old male driver claimed he hit a deer before his Chevrolet sedan traveled off the roadway and overturned. He was transported by Escambia County EMS to West Florida Hospital with minor injuries.
The crash happened around 9:40 p.m. on North Highway 99 just [...]

After 18 years, the Camp Fire Century Youth Learning Center will close permanently on Friday.
“It’s absolutely heartbreaking that we have to go through with and close the doors in Century,” La-Vonne Haven, executive director of the Gulf Wind Council of Camp Fire U.S.A., told NorthEscambia.com. “They have all been truly incredible kids.”
On April 5, 2008, [...]