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{{Portal:Current events/DateHeader2|2007|07}}
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*<![[July 24]] -The [[Bennett C. Russell Elementary School]], named for late [[Santa Rosa County School District|Santa Rosa Superintendent of Schools]] [[Benny Russell]], is dedicated in [[Milton]].*[[July 24]] - [[Front Porch Pensacola]] is reactivated by the Florida Office of Urban Opportunity and will elect a new council and officers.*[[July 24]] - [[Anna Whibbs]] and the [[Whibbs family]] announce a $20,000 donation to the [[Admiral John H. Fetterman State of Florida Maritime Museum and Research Center]] in honor of the late [[Vince Whibbs]].*[[July 23]] - [[Leonard Black]], jailed without bond since [[December 8]], [[2006]] for violating probation on a traffic offense, dies in [[Escambia County Jail]] of lung disease and [[Wikipedia:Staphylococcus aureus|staph infection]].*[[July 19]] - The [[Escambia County Commission]] unanimously passes an ordinance ending a months-long [[Hotel definition debate|debate over what defines a hotel]] on [[Pensacola Beach]] and [[Perdido Key]].*[[July 19]] - Convicted murderer [[Brandon Ward]] is sentenced to life in prison.*[[July 18]] - A grease fire damages the [[H&O Restaurant]].*[[July 17]] - Sammy, a 10-year-old giraffe, is found dead from a neck injury at [[The Zoo Northwest Florida]].*[[July 10]] - The [[Pensacola City Planning Board]] unanimously approves a recommendation to rezone a 2-acre [[Sanders Beach]] property for multi-story development by the group [[Bayshore Boyzz]].*[[July 9]] -First item goes here[[Cemetery vandalism|Vandalism]] of several dozen headstones is discovered in [[Pfeiffer Cemetery]]. (remove this please)*[[July 7]] -Baby hippopotamus Niles, a popular attraction at [[The Zoo Northwest Florida]], is killed by her father, Kiboko.*[[July 6]] ->Boxes of personnel documents and credit card receipts from defunct restaurant [[Copeland's]] are found in a dumpster behind the [[Dollar General Store]] on [[Navy Boulevard]], sparking an investigation.*[[July 6]] - About 380 houses near [[Eglin Air Force Base]] are demolished to make way for new housing.*[[July 5]] - The [[Fish House]] hosts a dinner for rumored [[Republican Party|Republican]] presidential candidate [[Wikipedia:Fred Thompson|Fred Thompson]].*[[July 4]] - [[Milton]] holds its annual [[Riverfest]] [[Wikipedia:Independence Day|Independence Day]] celebration.*[[July 3]] - [[Vince Whibbs, Jr.]] pleads no contest to charges of racketeering, grand theft and mortgage fraud.*[[July 3]] - [[Orange Beach Police Department|Orange Beach Police]] apprehend an intoxicated 11-year-old girl following a high-speed chase ending in [[Gulf Shores]].*[[July 1]] - The final candidates for [[Officer Candidate School]] arrive at [[Naval Air Station Pensacola]].
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