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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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. -
Project aims to fix flooding and improve access, but downtown merchants worry about months of disruption. -
Community organizer and Party for Socialism and Liberation member Jasmine Brown has entered Pensacola’s 2026 mayoral race, joining former Council President Ann Hill. Brown’s campaign centers on housing affordability and working‑class priorities amid rising costs and a national wave of left‑progressive candidates. -
In his first State of the University, UWF Interim President Manny Diaz Jr. emphasized measurable success and stability — touting record enrollment, research gains, and support for athletics and the military — while steering clear of politics. -
In a new pastoral letter, Pensacola–Tallahassee Bishop William Wack calls for compassion for migrants and links immigration to the Church’s pro-life teaching, urging Catholics to look past partisanship. -
At a packed Pensacola City Council meeting, residents debated whether a Christmas-themed drag show should proceed at the city-owned Saenger Theatre.
