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*[[June 16]] - The [[Santa Rosa Island Authority]] renames a quarter-mile segment of [[Via de Luna]] after the late [[Allen Levin]]. Also, one of the [[Pelicans in Paradise]] sculptures designed by Levin's son [[Evan Levin|Evan]] was dedicated to him at the [[Portofino Island Resort]].
*[[June 16]] - [[Emerald Coast Ministries]] opens the [[Emerald Coast Women's Ministry Recovery Center]] on [[Palmetto Avenue]].
*[[June 16]] - The 2007 [[Sankofa Juneteenth Heritage Festival]] is held at the [[Fricker Center]].
*[[June 15]] - Florida state regulators reject, for the fourth time, an application by [[Baptist Health Care]] to build a 96-bed acute care hospital on [[University Parkway]].
*[[June 14]] - [[Leandre Woods]] is sentenced to 15 years in state prison for the [[October 7]], [[2004]] killing of [[Tywann Grandison]].
*[[June 13]] - [[Shana Sanders]] and [[Amanda Pearl Davis]] are killed in an auto accident on [[U.S. 90]] in [[Pea Ridge]]. The driver of the other vehicle, 19-year-old [[Joshua Harris]], is charged with DUI.
*[[June 13]] - Former [[ECSO]] Deputy [[James Sullivan]] pleads no contest to a charge that he burned on a barbecue grill a videotape of himself allegedly using excessive force against a detained suspect, [[Jeremy Mann]].
*[[June 13]] - The [[Santa Rosa Island Authority]] approves a list of policies defining [[Pensacola Beach hotel debate|what qualifies as a hotel]] on [[Pensacola Beach]].
*[[June 12]] - [[Fred Allen, Sr.]], who stabbed his wife [[Patsy Allen|Patsy]] on [[May 4]], is deemed mentally unfit for trial and is committed to the [[Florida State Hospital]] in [[Chattahoochee]].
*[[June 11]] - [[Luke McCoy]] returns as host of [[WCOA]]'s call-in show "[[Pensacola Speaks]]" three weeks after stepping down.
*[[June 11]] - The developers of [[Hawkshaw Eastside]] parter with [[Moulton Properties]] to design a new plan for the 1.8-acre property at [[9th Avenue]] and [[Romana Street]].
*[[June 11]] - The [[Escambia County Sheriff's Office]] seizes 35 pounds of marijuana from two Texas smugglers.
*[[June 8]] - [[John S. Carr]] is revealed as [[De Luna (Fiesta)|de Luna LVIII]] at the [[Fiesta of Five Flags]] 2007 Coronation Ball.
*[[June 8]] - Pastor [[David Gripka]] is arrested following two drive-by shootings and a seven-hour standoff with the [[ECSO]]'s SWAT team.
*[[June 8]] - The [[Community Maritime Park Associates]] Board of Trustees approves a $1.6 million contract with [[Caldwell Associates]] for the creation of design guidelines for the [[Community Maritime Park]] project.
*[[June 8]] - [[City Town of Century|Century]] [[Mayor of Century|Mayor]] [[Evelyn Hammond]] appears before the Florida Commission on Ethics regarding recent complaints.
*[[June 7]] - The [[Escambia County Commission]] votes to delay the use of [[FEMA]] funds to rebuild the [[Pensacola Bay fishing bridge]].
*[[June 7]] - Texas contractor [[Mark Ribbe]] is sentenced for the [[October 15]], [[2003]] disposal of acrylic coating (used in a roofing project at the [[Bayou Boulevard]] [[Target]] store) into a storm drain that feeds into [[Carpenter's Creek]] and [[Bayou Texar]].