ASCENSION TO OPEN PERDIDO KEY EMERGENCY ROOM NEXT MONTH Ascension Sacred Heart is opening a new emergency room in Perdido Key next month. The state-of-the-art facility on Sorrento Road will have two triage areas, a trauma room, nine treatment rooms, and imaging technology. The grand opening is December 3rd at 9 a.m. The 11,000-square-foot emergency room will employ more than 40 people and be run jointly by Sacred Heart Pensacola and Studer Family Children's Hospital. It's the

Escambia County, FL (Newsradio 92.3) -- A 30-year-old man has been found guilty of second-degree murder with a firearm in Escambia County. Shybri Steverson was convicted in the fatal shooting of Guy Dixon, Jr. The shooting happened back in November of 2023, in the Brownsville area following an argument over a missing package. Dixon was shot in the abdomen and died at a hospital, leaving behind three children. Eye-witness testimony was key to the conviction. Steverson faces a

Tallahassee, FL (Newsradio 92.3) -- Florida's bear hunt is still on this December after a judge ruled against an attempt to block it. A Leon County judge denied an emergency request to stop the limited hunt scheduled for early December, though she didn't dismiss the larger lawsuit challenging whether the hunt follows the state constitution. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says it followed proper scientific guidelines and public input before approving the