Tom Mclaughlin

Jan 22, 2025 | newsherald.com | Brandon Girod |Tom McLaughlin |Tom Mclaughlin

The Pensacola area saw an unprecedented amount of snow Tuesday, shutting down schools, roads and businesses throughout Escambia and Santa Rosa counties and breaking a 130-year record. The band of snow over the western Florida Panhandle dropped 10 inches of snow in Milton, Florida, and 8.9 inches in Pensacola, the weather service office in Mobile, Alabama said Wednesday.

Jan 22, 2025 | nwfdailynews.com | Brandon Girod |Tom McLaughlin |Tom Mclaughlin

The Pensacola area saw an unprecedented amount of snow Tuesday, shutting down schools, roads and businesses throughout Escambia and Santa Rosa counties and breaking a 130-year record. The band of snow over the western Florida Panhandle dropped 10 inches of snow in Milton, Florida, and 8.9 inches in Pensacola, the weather service office in Mobile, Alabama said Wednesday.

Sep 26, 2024 | tallahassee.com | Tom McLaughlin |Tom Mclaughlin

In the last 13 months, the American Red Cross has responded to three hurricanes making landfall in the Big Bend region, and with the arrival of Hurricane Helene, some who had lost or seen their homes badly damaged were forced to leave temporary housing this week for emergency shelter.

Jul 17, 2024 | pnj.com | Tom McLaughlin |Tom Mclaughlin

When Trulieve opened its first Medical Marijuana Treatment Center dispensary in Pensacola in April of 2017, it was the company's fourth location in the state, and a lot of questions still surrounded the emerging medical marijuana industry. Though citizens passed an amendment to the Florida Constitution in 2016 legalizing medical marijuana, the proposition had been opposed by powerful forces across the state.

Jun 25, 2024 | pnj.com | Tom McLaughlin |Tom Mclaughlin

Santa Rosa County Commissioner James Calkins not only met fierce resistance to an anti-illegal immigration resolution he sought to have adopted Monday, but also to his purported political grandstanding and divisive campaign tactics. Despite no one in the room speaking in favor of the document, titled "A resolution declaring that Santa Rosa County Florida does not welcome illegal aliens," it failed by just a slim 3-2 margin.