Pensacola, FL (Newsradio 92.3) -- Northwest Florida leaders are pushing back against the U.S. Air Force’s plan to relocate the 492nd Special Operations Wing from Hurlburt Field and Duke Field to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona. The move would shift roughly 600 jobs and require new hangars and infrastructure to support the unit. Congressman Jimmy Patronis, along with Senators Rick Scott and Ashley Moody, has sent a letter to the Department of the Air Force questioning

Pensacola, FL (Newsradio 92.3) -- Environmental groups are suing over a planned offshore drilling lease in the Gulf. Earthjustice filed the lawsuit challenging a lease sale scheduled for December 10th for 80 million acres. The groups say the government didn't follow environmental laws. They're worried about endangered whales and pollution impacts on coastal communities. The Trump Administration's Department of Interior says it is following the law. It says an environmental st

(Washington, DC) -- A South Florida politician is facing criminal charges. Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus [[SHER-fill-us]]-McCormick was indicted yesterday in Miami. The US Justice Department says she stole federal disaster funds, laundered the proceeds and used the money to support her 2021 campaign. The charge dates back to four years ago when Cherfilus-McCormick and her brother got a 5-million dollar overpayment in FEMA funds for the family healthcare compa