COUNTY 

WDBO 

Local county to begin School zone speed safety program 

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — Osceola County Public Schools will begin the first phase of their school zone speed safety program on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. 

 

Pensacola News Journal  

Gen. Daniel ‘Chappie’ James monument approved for TDC funding 

The effort to build a monument to honor Pensacola aviator Gen. Daniel “Chappie” James, Jr., the first African American to become a four-star general in the U.S. military, got a big financial boost from Escambia’s Board of County Commissioners. 

 

Wear TV 

Proposed stormwater ordinance in Escambia County could reshape residential subdivisions 

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. — Escambia County commissioners may expand stormwater retention ponds on residential properties. 

 

LIVE LOCAL  

WCJB 

Columbia County Commissioners opt out of tax incentives by the “Live Local” Act 

LAKE CITY, Fla. (WCJB) – Columbia County Commissioners are opting out of part of a state law that retooled state housing policy. 

 

LEGISLATION  

Mid Florida Newspaper 

Senate Unveils ‘Rural Renaissance’ Plan  

TALLAHASSEE — Senate President Ben Albritton calls it the “fight for a rural renaissance in Florida.”