Argentina defeated France in the World Cup final on Sunday that ended after a penalty shootout. All eyes were on France's Kylian Mbappé and Argentina's Lionel Messi, two of soccer's best-known stars, who have played together for two seasons on Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, and both did not disappoint. Tom Rivers has the details.
On Thursday, Dec. 15, Escambia County received Triumph Gulf Coast’s approval of its request for up to $14.2 million Thursday to build a road and other infrastructure at the county’s Outlying Field 8 (OLF 8). Escambia County will front the first $3 million for the project, and Triumph will reimburse the county once construction begins for the first job-creating tenant of OLF 8. FloridaWest CEO Scott Luth has the details.
Taxie Lambert turned the unimaginable sorrow of losing her daughter to making a difference in other girls’ lives. Eleven-year-old Desirea Sierra never made it past her fifth-grade formal because she lost her life to domestic violence at the hands of her father in April 2000. Taxie has launched Project Formal through her 4EVR Dez Foundation so that every girl will have the opportunity to go to her prom. Lambert and her family have solicited businesses and the community for new and like-new after-five and formal dresses. High school counselors have recommended girls to the charity, and Project Formal has already collected over 400 dresses.She asks for help finding girls who would like Project Formal help them get dressed for their next dance. Find out more here.
The Pensacola Sports High School All Star Football Game will take place tonight at 7 p.m. at the Booker T. Washington High School football stadium. Approximately 85 senior football players from schools across Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties have been selected to participate. Ray Palmer has the details.