T.S. Strickland
Morning Edition Host/ProducerT.S. Strickland is an award-winning journalist whose writing has appeared in the Washington Post, USA Today, Entrepreneur and many other publications. Strickland was born and raised in Pensacola's Ferry Pass neighborhood and cut his teeth working as a newspaper reporter in the Ozark Mountains before returning home to work as a government reporter for the Pensacola News Journal. While there, his reporting earned a Gold Medal for Public Service from the Florida Society of News Editors, one of the highest professional awards in the state. In his spare time, he enjoys building software products, attending Pensacola Opera performances with his effervescent partner, Brooke, and advocating for greenway development with the nonprofit he co-founded, The Bluffline.
Contact: ts@wuwf.org or 850 474-2600
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Jermaine J. Williams, a Pensacola behavioral health professional and filmmaker, has entered the 2026 mayor’s race, pitching a “People First” agenda focused on transparency at City Hall, growth without displacement, and a public-health-centered approach to homelessness through expanded mental health, addiction treatment and coordinated crisis response. -
Alicia Trawick has entered the 2026 Pensacola mayor’s race, calling for a return to a council-manager form of government while running on affordability, infrastructure and transparency as the field — including incumbent D.C. Reeves — takes shape. -
The University of West Florida Board of Trustees voted 11–1 to advance interim President Manny Diaz Jr. as president-elect, approving a compensation package approaching $1 million annually and drawing faculty criticism over the search process. -
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves responded last week to displacement fears, New Orleans comparisons and what the Baptist site plan would do. -
Pensacola City Council paused consideration of a redevelopment advisory contract for the former Baptist Hospital campus after hours of public opposition over displacement, transparency and community control, reversing momentum from an earlier Community Redevelopment Agency vote. -
The City of Pensacola has applied for $86 million in Triumph Gulf Coast funding to help build a large shipbuilding complex at the Port of Pensacola. The proposal, called Project Maeve, outlines a $250 million plan that could bring 2,000 jobs and expand the port’s role in advanced maritime manufacturing. -
Pensacola City Council will consider an ordinance that could boost the next mayor’s pay from $134,000 to $168,185 by tying the salary to a state formula. The change wouldn’t take effect until after the 2026 election. -
Council members on Monday questioned Attorney General James Uthmeier’s legal analysis and accused him of "wasting taxpayer dollars." -
Florida’s attorney general is pressuring Pensacola to cancel “A Drag Queen Christmas” at the city-owned Saenger Theatre, arguing the show’s timing near Winterfest creates legal and public-welfare risks and contradicting prior advice from the city attorney. -
Emily Ley’s Pensacola company has spent years absorbing import tariffs. Now a Supreme Court case challenging Trump’s latest actions may shape the outcome of her own lawsuit.
