Perdido News

WEAR ABC 3 :: Top Stories : "ESCAMBIA COUNTY - Plans to build a 'bingo casino' on Perdido Key are now moving forward.

Escambia County's Board of Adjustment unanimously denied an appeal Wednesday filed by two businessmen fighting plans to build a bingo casino on Perdido Key.

Plans to build a "bingo casino" on Perdido Key are now moving forward. People both for and against the project lobbied their case for hours in front of the Escambia County Board of Adjustment.

Tonight, Escambia County officials are expected to make a decision on a controversial gambling question.

The state attorney's office is investigating whether an Escambia County Commissioner violated Florida's Public Records Law.

A boy last seen in south Alabama in 1959 remains missing. Information from the FBI shows Daniel Barter has been missing from Alabama since June 18, 1959.

The Perdido Landfill will conduct a public tour of its solid waste disposal and recycling facility at 10 a.m. July 15.

Mullet Wrapper : "Escambia County Area Transit has started weekend bus service, the Perdido Express , from the NAS back gate to the Alabama/Florida state line on Perdido Key Dr.

There's a new town on the Alabama coast. Officials in Baldwin County say Perdido Beach has officially been incorporated as a city following a vote by residents earlier this year.

Perdido Beach order of incorporation signed - Baldwin County NOW - A Gulf Coast Information Source for South Alabama : "PERDIDO BEACH, Ala.

The southbound lanes of Interstate 65 south of Perdido this afternoon have been closed because of a recreational vehicle crash, Alabama State Troopers said.

Halfway through his first term as an Escambia County commissioner, Gene Valentino is under fire from several directions.

Baldwin deputies were called to the Perdido River for fights twice this week... The main gathering spot is a bridge on the Alabama-Florida state line.

Karagan Needham, 12, left, and her brother Sawyer Needham, 9, of Robert, La., combined to catch this fine stringer of red snapper and vermilion snapper while fishing with their mother Sherie Needham aboard the Zeke's Lady party boat on opening day of the 2009 red snapper season June 1, 2009.

Filling up in Escambia County could soon cost a few more pennies. The county commission is once again considering a gas tax increase to fund the area's bus system.

Escambia County Commissioners want to tighten regulations on gambling. They've passed a moratorium on so called arcade gambling.

A man was saved by the cell. Mobile Police say Carlos Henderson had a blow out on the interstate Friday morning and ended up in a well hidden ravine.

A true battle is brewing over the handling of garbage in Escambia County. The issue is whether ECUA has the legal right to own and operate a garbage transfer station they've agreed to purchase.

A room packed with rural water professionals waited anxiously for the results of the first "Drink Off" to determine the winner of the Great American Water Taste Test.

GCN mourns loss of co-worker - Baldwin County NOW - A Gulf Coast Information Source for South Alabama : "ROBERTSDALE, Ala.