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NEW WALK UP DINING DOWNTOWN: 2 new trailers are going into the Al Fresco space at Palafox and Main...One called Shotgun BBQ, the other called Greenhouse...they'll serve smoothies, salads and juices...A timeline is not clear just yet. -Jeff Knox
Are the ordinances that the Pensacola City Council wants to pass "anti-homeless"?
AIRPORT BLVD CLOSURE: Newsradio1620 has confirmed that the Sports Authority on Airport Blvd will close. Calling corporate to find out when... -Jeff Knox
Coming up this Thursday, make sure to catch NewsRadio1620 at the first Evening in Olde Seville! The first bands are the McGuire's Pipe Band and the Pensacola Civic Band, the music starts at 7.
NEWS: The Naval Aviation Museum Foundation says goodbye to outgoing President and CEO, Vice Adm. Jerry Hoewing this hour; Hoewing is credited with bringing the National Flight Academy to NAS Pensacola among other things.
Pests. They get in your house and think they own the place. Time to show them who’s boss. Ensec can help you do that. This week, NewsRadio1620 is getting you signed up to win a YEAR’S worth of pest control, and all you have to do is fill out the form at the link below. That’s it, no juggling tricks or driving your car backwards while singing show tunes. Come Monday, May 27th, we’ll draw a name and see if it’s you, simple as that.
NEWS: An overnight fire left no one hurt at a home on S. 73rd Ave. near Clydesdale; EMS says no one was home at the time of the fire early this morning.
According to Fox News, death toll in Moore, Oklahoma revised down to 24. The previous number of 51 may have been the result of double counting some victims.
Up next, Josie Cotti, CEO of Gulf Breeze Chamber of Commerce, joins us for the latest in the Breeze, including grand opening of Bote Board, and expectations for business this Memorial Day weekend.
2 Fox News reporters targeted by Department of Justice for talking with government sources:
Correspondents Mike Rosen and William LaJeunesse and producer Mike Levine were targets of subpoenas for email records and other surveillance, and the DOJ never notified them they were being investigated
President Obama set to make a statement on tornadoes in Moore, Oklahoma coming up at 9:00.
Outgoing Naval Air Museum CEO Vice Admiral Gerry Hoewing joined Rob to talk on the incoming CEO as well as the accomplishments done in in his time at the museum:
Tea Party protests at the Treasury building at Keating and Dunmire today at noon:
Microsoft could be unveiling new XBOX console today:
Let the battle for the video game industry's next generation commence. Microsoft is hosting an event at its Redmond, Wash., headquarters today (Tuesday), where they are expected to announce the successor to
Ray Manzarek, a founder member of the Doors, has died of cancer. He was 74.
Scary time lapse footage of the Moore, Oklahoma Tornado:
Captured by OKC TV helicopter
Footage of the frighteningly large, devastating tornado in Moore Oklahoma:
Large, violent tornado plowed through Moore, OK. We intercepted the tornado from within a half mile by South Moore High School. Complete destruction...prayer...
91 being reported dead in Oklahoma tornado devastation.
Awful.
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BREAKING: The devastation in Oklahoma following an EF4 Tornado. CNN reports at least 6 dead...(Photo credit to Mike Jenkins) -Jeff Knox
Does winning the lottery ruin peoples' lives?
Pests. They get in your house and think they own the place. Time to show them who’s boss. Ensec can help you do that. This week, NewsRadio1620 is getting you signed up to win a YEAR’S worth of pest control, and all you have to do is fill out the form at the link below. That’s it, no juggling tricks or driving your car backwards while singing show tunes. Come Monday, May 27th, we’ll draw a name and see if it’s you, simple as that.
BEACH OBSERVATION WHEEL GONE IN JUNE: Our newspartners at Channel 3 cite a source confirming the Observation Wheel will be leaving Pensacola Beach and heading to Atlanta, Georgia "by June". -Jeff Knox
DEPUTY ALIVE; GUN JAMS TWICE: ECSO Deputy Michael Runge pursued suspect in Oakwood Terrace this AM and suspect allegedly tried to fire at him twice but the gun jammed both times and the suspect was arrested. Details at 1:03pm on Newsradio1620. -Jeff Knox
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