DeSantis Comes In Third In New 2028 Poll

Tallahassee, FL -- Governor Ron DeSantis has some ground to make up if he wants to be president. Overton Insights released a poll yesterday on the 2028 Republican presidential primary. It shows DeSantis in third place with 12 percent support. Vice President JD Vance came in first at 34 percent, and Donald Trump, Jr. is second at 22 percent. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. came in fourth, and Secretary of State and former Florida Senator Marco Rubio came in fifth.

REIMAGINE PALAFOX GETS PRELIMINARY APPROVAL

Downtown Pensacola is getting a major makeover. The City Council, who met as the Community Redevelopment Agency on Monday, voted five-to-two to approve more than ten-point-seven million dollars for the Reimagine Palafox project. The council still needs to give final approval Thursday. The project will completely rebuild Palafox Street from Garden to Main with wider sidewalks, better drainage, and brick pavers. The street will be closed for several months starting in January, though sidewalks and storefronts will stay open. Business owners have worried the construction will drive customers away, but businessman Quint Studer pledged to loan money to any business facing cash flow problems during construction. The contractor gets a bonus if Palafox reopens by late May, and the city is making over four hundred parking spaces free during construction. Mayor D-C Reeves says the project will help make downtown a destination for residents and businesses.

PENSACOLA STABBING VICTIM IDENTIFIED

Pensacola Police have identified the man found stabbed to death Monday at a North Davis Highway business. Fifty-seven-year-old Dean Edward Chambers was discovered by an employee at AA Top Shop on North Davis Highway shortly after seven a-m. Police say Chambers leased space from the business and was known to employees there. He was found with multiple stab wounds in an office in the building. No arrests have been made yet. Anyone with information is asked to call Pensacola Police or call crime stoppers.