Brandon Girod

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Brandon Girod

Showers and thunderstorms are forecast to hit the Pensacola area and the Florida Panhandle for the third week in a row. An upper-level trough is set to remain in place over the Mississippi Valley through Thursday as a second trough sets up in the plains and moves eastward, according to the National Weather Service Mobile’s latest forecast discussion.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Brandon Girod

Here's a roundup of our top stories from the past week. With a subscription to the Pensacola News Journal, you will receive full access to the work done by our journalists and photographers as they head out every day to help inform and explain the important issues affecting your community. Jury acquits Pensacola 20-year-old in 2023 killing of Angel BaileyAn Escambia County jury took just a few hours June 11 to acquit a Pensacola man charged with murdering 32-year-old Angel Bailey in 2023.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Brandon Girod

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season started just shy of two weeks ago, but things haven’t been quite as dynamic as early conditions in the tropics suggested. Between 1991 and 2020, June has seen an average of 5.5 named storms between the Pacific and Atlantic basins. The majority of those storms spin up in the Pacific, however, with the Atlantic averaging only one named storm, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

2 weeks ago | metrophiladelphia.com | Brandon Girod |C. A. Bridges

President Donald Trump has been known to shift his stance on issues from time to time, but his thoughts on immigration remain immutable. His first term focused on keeping migrants from entering the United States by building a wall that would span the 1,954-mile border between the Mexico-U.S. border. His second term has taken a more menacing tone as he pivots to an aggressive mass deportation campaign that has swept up young children with migrant parents and immigrants who legally live here.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Brandon Girod

Where will the Blue Angels perform this week? Ocean City, Maryland, which is the latest stop on the multi-city Air Dot Tour. The Blue Angels arrived for the Air Dot Tour Ocean City air show in Delta formation on Wednesday afternoon with its beloved support aircraft, Fat Albert, in tow. There are eight other performers scheduled to dazzle crowds above Ocean City for the 18th annual OC Air Show, including a mix of military and civilian aircraft.