News

Pensacola News Journal
pnj. com > story > news > local > pensacola > 04/15/2026 > pensacola-heritage-foundation-planned-bayview-park-statue-rejected-city-council > 89603127007

Pensacola rejects statue of 19-century businessman behind Bayview Park

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (560+ words) The Pensacola Heritage Foundation has been looking to recognize people lost to Pensacola history, and their next project was to be erecting a statue of 19th-century businessman Alexander Stoddart in Bayview Park, which he donated to Pensacola. But its seems…...

Pensacola News Journal
pnj. com > story > opinion > contributors > 03/28/2026 > carpenters-creek-pensacola-history-goes-beyond-its-environmental-value > 89321890007

It's time to daylight the human history of Carpenter's Creek | Opinion

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (229+ words) Out of that ground, Jennie and Pastor Will Young founded New Hope Baptist Church in 1922, under a simple brush arbor of poles and palmetto fronds. Earlier this month, on March 8" International Women's Day"New Hope members gathered to celebrate the…...

Pensacola News Journal
pnj. com > story > news > local > pensacola > 03/25/2026 > wwii-hero-william-j-coffee-buried-in-unmarked-pensacola-grave > 89250103007

British WWII hero buried in unmarked Pensacola grave. No one knows why

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (683+ words) It was Sunday morning, March 30, 1947, when the body of British Naval officer William J. Coffee was found floating in Bayou Chico at the foot of J Street near today's Corinne Jones Resource Center. Coffee was a recipient of the Order of…...

Pensacola News Journal
pnj. com > story > news > local > 03/03/2026 > florida-panhandle-sunsets-daylight-saving-time > 88949330007

How much sunshine will Florida gain after daylight saving time?

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (547+ words) Longer days are ahead of us. All it will cost us is an hour of sleep. That's right, the start of daylight saving time is nearly upon us. Americans everywhere will collectively bemoan the lost hour of sleep on Sunday,…...

Pensacola News Journal
pnj. com > story > news > local > pensacola > 02/24/2026 > chappie-james-charles-augustus-b-j-brooks-black-history-month-heroes > 88823478007

Black History Month celebrates Dr. King, sure, but so many others also

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (710+ words) Look, we all know Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is The Man. The great Civil Rights leader lived and died fighting inequality and injustice in the United States, and he has no doubt helped build a better world for his…...

Pensacola News Journal
pnj. com > story > news > 10/10/2025 > florida-panhandle-alabama-georgia-history-map > 86471558007

Where is the Florida Panhandle and what cities are in it? What to know

6+ mon, 6+ day ago  (589+ words) If you've ever looked at a map of Florida, you might have noticed the state nearly takes away all of Alabama's access to the Gulf. Is Florida just greedy, or is there more to the story? While Floridians are obviously…...

pnj. com
pnj. com > story > news > local > pensacola > 12/07/2025 > pearl-harbor-attack-in-pensacola-was-met-with-shock-and-disbelief > 87624194007

Pearl Harbor attack was met with shock, tears and disbelief in Pensacola

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (319+ words) For those in Pensacola, the first news of the Japanese attack against U. S. naval installations in and around Pearl Harbor came over the airwaves as news bulletins interrupted radio programming and word of the attack spread by word of mouth. "There…...

Pensacola News Journal
pnj. com > picture-gallery > news > local > pensacola > 01/15/2026 > pensacola-celebrates-bicentennial-country-1976 > 88185349007

Look back when Pensacola celebrated the county's Bicentennial

3+ mon, 1+ day ago  (18+ words) Pensacola News Journal Look back when Pensacola celebrated the county's Bicentennial...

Pensacola News Journal
pnj. com > story > news > local > escambia-county > 01/15/2026 > galvez-day-celebration-part-of-states-semiquincentnnial-events > 87952037007

Pensacola planning for nations' 250th birthday party. But will '26 rival '76?

3+ mon, 1+ day ago  (442+ words) Will we be able to recreate the Spirit of '76 in '26? No, not recreate the spirit of 1776 when American colonists decided to give British rule the heave-ho and forge a new nation, though that was pretty cool too. We're talking the…...

Pensacola News Journal
pnj. com > story > news > local > 06/13/2025 > juneteenth-in-pensacola-includes-festivals-food-unity-celebration > 84148056007

Juneteenth in Pensacola will be celebration for all, with festivals, food and unity

10+ mon, 3+ day ago  (294+ words) Come July, we'll celebrate the nation's freedom and independence. But on Juneteenth, we celebrate the freedom and independence of the nation's people. All of its people. And, actually, we'll be celebrating on Juneteenth " June 19th, as well as the days leading…...