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Recent deaths
	June 17 – Theo Baars, Jr.; June 13 – Frank Milne; June 12 – Jaden Markes; May 30 – Sharon Smith; May 24 – John Alley; May 2 – Walter Lagergren; April 22 – Bill Davis; April 12 – Craig Hoskie; April 10 – John Ma;

Events
	<calendar>ajaxprevnext=on\|category=Calendar</calendar> Recent Pensacola Para Con; Fiesta of Five Flags; Ongoing Celebrate Pensacola; Community Maritime Park; Main Street Wastewater Treatment Plant;

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2010 general elections: Ashton Hayward (pictured) is elected the first strong mayor of Pensacola.
Escambia County Sheriff's Deputy Jeremy Cassady is critically wounded in a shootout with Philip Monier during a home invasion.
Leonard Gonzalez, Jr. is convicted of murder for the July 9, 2009 killings of Byrd and Melanie Billings.

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June 2008

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June 30 – The UWF Board of Trustees unanimously approves an annual contract worth $238,000 for interim president Judy Bense.
June 27 – Capt. William P. Reavey, Jr. is installed as commanding officer of Pensacola Naval Air Station, replacing Capt. Peter S. Frano.
June 26 – Baptist Health Care announces a $330 million expansion that, if approved, will include the purchase of West Florida Hospital on North Davis Highway.
June 25 – Florida Supreme Court Justice Kenneth Bell tenders his resignation, effective October 1.
June 24 – The Davis Highway Barnhill's buffet restaurant owned by Charlie Barnhill closes, putting about 65 employees out of work.
June 24 – Conceding that U.S. District Court lacked the proper jurisdiction, Judge Lacey Collier lifts his earlier injunction that would have allowed sprinter Justin Gatlin to participate in the 2008 Olympic trials.
June 23 – The ECHL terminates the Pensacola Ice Pilots' league franchise after team owner Mario Forgione says he will not field a team for the 2008-09 season.
June 20 – Non-profit research institute TaxWatch unveils a 37-page report critical of the Escambia County budget.
June 19 – The Escambia County Commission votes unanimously, with no discussion, to settle a lawsuit filed by Roads, Inc. over the revocation of a stormwater permit at the company's controversial Cantonment catfish pond.
June 18 – Northrop Grumman KC-45 plant: The Government Accountability Office recommends that the Air Force reopen bids for a $35 billion refueling tanker contract.
June 17 – The UWF Board of Trustees unanimously approves Dr. Judy Bense to replace John Cavanaugh as University of West Florida president.
June 17 – Pensacola City Manager Tom Bonfield tenders his resignation, effective August 8, having accepted a similar position in Durham, NC.
June 16 – Restoration Full Gospel Baptist Church pastor Leon Rankins III is sentenced to five years in state prison for molesting a teenaged parishioner.
June 15 – A fire guts the Oar House restaurant on Bayou Chico.
June 13 – Randy Bell is crowned De Luna LIX by Fiesta of Five Flags.
June 13 &dash; Solutia announces a $182 million deal with three Chinese companies to manufacture vydyne, a heat-resistant nylon-based plastic, at its Pensacola plant.
June 12 – The Pensacola Lightshouse reopens to visitors with a ceremony attended by Governor Charlie Crist.
June 10 – Angela Leavitt, suspected of having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old boy, is arrested at Pensacola Regional Airport with her two children.
June 9 – National grocery chain Publix announces it will buy all four Albertsons locations in the Pensacola area.
June 9 – A $15 million cleanup plan is announced for the "Mount Dioxin" Superfund site at the former Escambia Treating Company.
June 7 – The inaugural Palafox Market is held in Martin Luther King Plaza.
June 5 – Facing criticism for attending a political fundraiser by Roads, Inc. owner Cody Rawson, who had sued the county, Mike Whitehead steps down as chairman of the Escambia County Commission.
June 5 – The Pensacola Opera dedicates their renovated headquarters, dubbed the Donald H. Partington Center.
June 3 – 28-year-old Angela Leavitt goes missing, along with her two children and a 16-year-old boy with whom she was suspected of having a sexual relationship.
June 3 – Pensacola City Manager Tom Bonfield is offered the city manager position for Durham, NC.

May 2008

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May 31 – Nicole Pfister is booked for allegedly forging Gulf Power documents related to former Front Porch Pensacola community liaison Thelma Manley.
May 29 – A fire erupts at the Gulf Power Crist Plant, injuring four contractors.
May 29 – The Emerald Coast Utilities Authority unanimously approves five contracts, in total worth more than $144 million, related to moving the Main Street Wastewater Treatment Plant.
May 28 – Thelma Manley is arrested for aggravated white-collar crime for allegedly stealing nearly $150,000 from Front Porch Pensacola while serving as its community liaison.
May 28 – The Gulf Coast Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is dedicated by Pensacola Junior College and the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce at the PJC Downtown Center.
May 23 – Celebrate Pensacola begins its 450-day celebration with a kick-off party at the Escambia County Courthouse.
May 22 – The Town of Century receives a $1.4 million loan to expand its water system.
May 21 – A groundbreaking ceremony is held for the new Tryon Branch Library on Langley Avenue.
May 20 – Pensacola Mayor John Fogg announces he will not seek reelection, citing a desire to participate in the "strong mayor" debate without a perceived conflict of interest.
May 15 – Escambia County Superintendent Jim Paul releases a list of 31 cost-saving recommendations, including the closure of Carver-Century K-8 School.
May 13 – Roads, Inc. president Cody Rawson and his wife host a fundraiser for Escambia County Commissioner Mike Whitehead.
May 13 – The City of Pensacola Planning Board unanimously approves new regulations regarding heritage trees.
May 12 – UWF President John Cavanaugh announces he will leave the university to become chancellor of the Pennsylvanis System of Higher Education, effective July 1.
May 9 – Grace Resendez McCaffery is selected to fill the Community Maritime Park Associates seat vacated by Susan Story.
May 9 – The eastern 3-mile stretch of J. Earle Bowden Way, which connects Navarre Beach to Opal Beach and was destroyed in Hurricane Ivan, reopens.
May 8 – The Pensacola City Council votes 6-3 to hire Rusty Wells as the new city attorney, foregoing the agreed upon candidate ranking process.
May 8 – Kimberly Mary Cannon is charged for the 1995 murder of her husband, Daren Kelley, after a human leg bone was discovered on the Munson property where they resided.
May 7 – The Publix supermarket opens in the Sea Shell Collections shopping center in Gulf Breeze.
May 5 – U.S. District Attorney Greg Miller announces his resignation, effective the end of June, and will open a Tallahassee branch of law firm Beggs & Lane.
May 3 – Criminal neglect charges against Erin Markes are dropped, after a three-month investigation into her son Jaden's health.
May 1 – Susan Story resigns from the Community Maritime Park Associates Board of Trustees.