A free recovery program has helped 400 people find hope and cut overdose deaths by 68 percent in just two years.

Mosquito experts are puzzled why eight of 10 of Florida's locally acquired dengue "breakbone fever" cases happened in Brevard County.

An Escambia County man has been sentenced to state prison on drug distribution and trafficking charges.

The homeowner, 45-year-old Edward Hamid Lewis, Sr. of Molino, was charged with felony possession of a firearm by a convicted ...

Pamela Reynolds, 54, has been charged with elderly neglect, accused of making her 83-year-old father sit in a chair for two months and not caring for him, according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s ...

The county is closing on 17 properties with the latest round of grand funding, while nearly 50 more homeowners are eligible ...

It's one of the worst cases of elder abuse escambia county sheriff chip simmons says he's ever seen.A man left by his only ...

A house fire in Escambia County, Fla., claimed lives of one person, a dog and two cats on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, officials ...

A house fire in Escambia County resulted in one person dead, three pets dead, and two people injured. Escambia County Fire ...

Escambia County is investing nearly $2 million in Highway 4A. In the last eight years, WEAR News has reported several fatal ...

Escambia County says one person had to life-flighted from the scene and the second injured individual was transported to a ...

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- A woman is dead and two people are injured after a residential structure fire in Escambia County on ...