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1 week ago |
weartv.com | Karris Harmon
DAPHNE, Ala. -- Three nonprofits in the Gulf Coast area received big gifts Friday, altogether totaling $700,000. Gulf Coast businessman and philanthropist Shawn Esfahani continues his foundation's mission to fund organizations in Escambia, Baldwin, and Mobile counties. Between November 2023 and March 2024, the Shawn Esfahani Foundation has pledged $2.3 million to charities across the Gulf Coast.
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1 week ago |
weartv.com | Karris Harmon
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- From 2019 to 2021, the number of deaths among children and adolescents connected to firearms has gone up 46%. KFF, formerly known as the Kaiser Family Foundation, found the increase in gun violence also adds an increase in mental health issues -- spanning from PTSD to anxiety. Typically, crime goes up when school is out. A local youth advocate says this summer children should have productive things to do.
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1 week ago |
weartv.com | Karris Harmon
MOLINO, Fla. -- It was mailbox mayhem in Molino over the weekend. Residents are picking up the pieces after the Escambia County Sheriff's Office received six reports of someone smashing mailboxes with a baseball bat. The sheriff's office is currently looking for the person responsible. They are asking anyone with information to come forward. That's what the residents want too. One man WEAR News spoke with say whoever did this should get more than a slap on the wrist.
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1 week ago |
weartv.com | Karris Harmon
CENTURY, Fla. -- School's out, and we're on the tail end of the holiday weekend. You'd expect big crowds of children at playgrounds, but Century's Showalter Park is empty. Some parents say if the town's state-funded splashpad worked, things might look a lot different. “We’re just headed home from a holiday weekend at the beach," vacationers William Whittelsey said. This family is on their way back to Opelika from Perdido Key, deciding to pull off in Century for a quick break at Showalter Park.
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2 weeks ago |
weartv.com | Karris Harmon
PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Lawmakers in Tallahassee have not come to an agreement on the state's budget. The deadline to have Florida's financial plan on Governor Ron DeSantis' desk is just over a month away. But if the deadline is missed, it could result in a government shutdown. It will also result in taxpayers shelling out a couple of hundred thousand dollars to bring lawmakers back to Tallahassee.
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