McGuire's St. Patrick's Day 5K Registration Now Open

Pensacola, FL (Newsradio 92.3) -- Registration is now open for the 49th annual McGuire's St. Patrick's Day 5K in downtown Pensacola. The race is set for March 7th at 9 a-m and is billed as the largest prediction run in America. Online registration costs 45 dollars and gets you a race shirt and access to the post-race party. Proceeds benefit local charities including Semper Fi and America's Fund and the Pensacola Police Department.

Santa Rosa Moves Forward With Navy Land Swap Plan

Santa Rosa County, FL (Newsradio 92.3) -- Santa Rosa County is moving ahead with plans to acquire a 700-acre Navy training field in East Milton and turn it into an industrial park. County commissioners approved spending 162-thousand dollars to study the development potential of Navy Outlying Field Santa Rosa. But the deal has evolved beyond a simple land swap. Economic Development Director Shannon Ogletree says the county is now looking at helping upgrade existing Navy facilities like runways and taxiways instead of finding land to build a new training field. He says the project could eventually create up to two-thousand jobs.

Senate Approves School Choice Reforms

Tallahassee, FL -- The Florida Senate has unanimously approved changes to the state's universal school choice program after a scathing audit found problems tracking students and money. The bill would separate voucher funding in the state budget to make it easier to see where dollars are going. It would also assign student I-D numbers to scholarship recipients, helping track kids who move between public schools, private schools and homeschooling. Republican Senator Don Gaetz says the state will now make sure it knows where a student is before paying out scholarship money. The House hasn't filed a similar bill yet.