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Yahoo
2 hours ago
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West Florida Public Library's Summer Feeding Program returns Monday
PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — West Florida Public Libraries' Summer Feeding Program will be delayed for a week, according to a news release. Jackson-George Regional Library's summer program to kick off with foam party, live music It was originally going to take place on May 27, but is now rescheduled to Monday, June 2, because of delivery issues, News 5 has learned. The program provides free lunches to youth 18 years or younger at all WFPL locations Monday-Friday from 12-1 p.m. and is sponsored by Feeding the Gulf Coast. Additionally, any 'disabled individuals 19 years of age and older who participate in a public or private non-profit program during the school year are also eligible to receive meals.' Saraland Tractor Supply offering free bag of Purina or DuMOR feed with trade-in this weekend More information can be found on WFPL or by calling 850-436-5060. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Fox News
19 hours ago
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Todd and Julie Chrisley return to reality TV after Trump pardon frees them from prison
After a full pardon from President Donald Trump, Todd and Julie Chrisley are making a return to reality television. The Lifetime network previously greenlit a docuseries — "The Untitled Chrisleys Project" — on the family prior to Todd and Julie's release from prison. The project, which is set to premiere later this year, showcases how Savannah Chrisley, Chase Chrisley, Grayson Chrisley, Chloe Chrisley and Nanny Faye Chrisley have navigated the family hardship, as Todd and Julie were behind bars for bank fraud and tax evasion. The reality couple were not initially expected to be included in the show since they were in prison. However, Todd and Julie, best known for their larger-than-life personalities on "Chrisley Knows Best," walked free on Wednesday following Trump's presidential pardon. Their daughter, Savannah, confirmed that fans can expect to see everything unfold on camera while she was waiting for her father outside the Pensacola, Florida, federal prison on Wednesday. "We have a new show coming out on Lifetime, and it will document all of these things," she told reporters. "We have a new show coming out on Lifetime, and it will document all of these things. We're excited… We literally could not have done it. It's all God and President Trump at this point." "We're excited…. We literally could not have done it. It's all God and President Trump at this point." WATCH: Todd and Julie Chrisley's daughter Savannah gets emotional awaiting parents' prison release after Trump pardon In a press release obtained by Fox News Digital earlier this month, it stated that "[i]n the new series, the Chrisleys don't know best anymore, but they're doing their best to be there for each other." Todd and Julie's children, along with other family members, faced the challenges of "carrying on the Chrisley name and legacy on their own with only phone calls and brief visits with their incarcerated parents." While the elder couple faced time in prison, Savannah maintained custody of her younger siblings, Chloe and Grayson. She had been advocating for a presidential pardon for her parents since their sentencing. "The show is still filming and will continue to, though the family's situation is evolving rapidly," a source told People. "No one knew this pardon would happen and the goal is to cover their lives in real time, but things have significantly changed for them all and everyone in the family, as well as producers, are trying to figure it out and tell their authentic story." Todd and Julie were sentenced to 12 and seven years, respectively, for bank fraud and tax evasion in 2022. The couple were convicted of conspiring to defraud community banks out of more than $30 million in fraudulent loans as well as tax evasion; their sentences were later reduced. Meanwhile, Todd and Julie were initially indicted in August 2019, and a new indictment was later filed. They were found guilty in June 2022 of not only bank fraud and tax evasion, but also conspiring to defraud the IRS. Julie was seen leaving a butcher shop in Nashville, Tennessee, just one day after being released from federal prison. The reality TV star, who was serving two and a half years at Federal Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky, was rocking her natural hair color while smiling outside the shop. WATCH: Chrisley's pardon from Trump will wipe away the case 'entirely,' as if it never happened: lawyer On Wednesday evening, Todd walked out of a federal prison in Pensacola after serving two and a half years in prison, according to his lawyer Alex Little's office. Savannah got emotional outside the federal prison awaiting her father's release earlier in the day. When speaking to reporters, Savannah said, "Honestly, this process has been absolutely insane, and I am so grateful that I'm going to leave here with my dad." Savannah claimed that prosecutors had her father's head "on a dart board" before his prison sentence. She read Trump's pardon to the reporters, which stated an immediate release. Hours after Todd was released from federal prison, his daughter kept the mood light and shared a sneak peek of her dad's physique as the reunited pair traveled back home to Tennessee. Savannah took to social media to document their road trip, where fans got a glimpse of Todd after his prison release. In a video clip posted on Instagram, Savannah asked her dad, "What are you trying to get me to do?" "Feel that muscle," Todd replied, while holding out his arm. "Todd is jacked," Savannah's best friend and hair stylist Tyler Bishop could be heard saying in the background. "Just wait," Savannah replied. While Savannah opted out of showing her dad's face, it was the first time fans had heard Todd's voice since before his prison stint. Todd and Julie, along with their children Savannah, Chase and Grayson, rose to fame after their popular reality series "Chrisley Knows Best" debuted. The show premiered in 2014 on the USA Network and quickly gained popularity due to its mix of humor, family drama and Todd's bold persona.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
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Some downtown Pensacola roads to close for Grand Fiesta Parade
PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — Some roads will be closed on Friday in downtown Pensacola for the annual Grand Fiesta Parade. According to a news release from the City of Pensacola, the float staging area will close around 4:30 p.m., and the parade route will be closed at approximately 5 p.m. The parade begins at 7 p.m. Portion of 9th Avenue in Pensacola remains closed due to water main rupture The route will be the same as the Mardi Gras parades earlier this year with floats going between Wright Street and Main Street, impacting Garden Street, Palafox Street and Spring Street. The road closures will extend to Tarragona Street, DeVilliers Street and Main Street. City officials are reminding drivers that there is no parking on the parade route, and vehicles will be towed from 5:30 p.m. onward. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Fox News
2 days ago
- Entertainment
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Todd and Julie Chrisley's daughter Savannah gets emotional awaiting parents' prison release after Trump pardon
Savannah Chrisley got emotional outside the federal prison in Pensacola, Florida, awaiting her father Todd Chrisley's release thanks to President Donald Trump's pardon. Speaking to reporters, Savannah said, "Honestly, this process has been absolutely insane, and I am so grateful that I'm going to leave here with my dad." Savannah claimed that prosecutors had her father's head "on a dart board" before his prison sentence. She read Trump's pardon to the reporters, which stated an immediate release, and she said she hopes "the prison is going to do that shortly." Savannah's mother, Julie Chrisley, is expected to be released from the Federal Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky on Wednesday. According to Savannah, her brother Grayson is picking up their mom. On Tuesday, after Trump announced his plan to pardon the couple, Todd and Julie's children were quick to share their excitement. "I am grateful to God and extremely grateful to President Trump and his entire administration," the couple's son, Chase, said in a statement to the New York Post. "I'm beyond thankful to finally have my parents back home and my family together again!" "I'm ecstatic," Kyle, whose biological mom is Todd's ex-wife, Teresa Terry, told E! News. "Truly. I just found out a little bit ago, and I still just can't believe it. I know Savannah had been working at this for so long, and she never gave up. So I'm just grateful to her and to President Trump for making this happen for my dad and Julie." "I know they can't wait to get home and just be with family, and I'm going to remain hopeful that another reconciliation is possible," Kyle, who has been estranged from his father for years, added. Savannah posted a video on her Instagram on Tuesday saying she got the call from the president that he was signing pardon papers for her parents while she was walking into Sam's Club. "So, both of my parents are coming home tonight or tomorrow, and I still don't believe it's real!" she exclaimed. She said she will be "forever grateful" to Trump and his administration as well as her lawyers and everyone else who "put in countless hours" to "make sure that my parents got home." "My parents get to start their lives over!" she added, saying she "vowed to stand next to you and your administration, exposing the corruption and continue fighting for the men and women who are in prison … Thank you, thank you, thank you and I will repay your kindness to every person that I meet, so thank God for a president like Donald J. Trump. Thank you, God, for a president who wants to restore families and loves people … and took the time to call me from the Oval Office to let me know my parents are getting their lives back." In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital on Wednesday, the couple's attorney explained how the "incredibly powerful" pardon will wipe the couple's case "entirely," as if it never happened. "A pardon like this generally ends the case entirely, and so we'll see the fine print of the pardon explicitly, but generally when you are pardoned, it is wiped away, and so it's wiped clean," the Chrisleys' attorney, Alex Little, a partner at Litson PLLC, said. "It's as if the case hasn't happened, and fortunately Todd and Julie will be able to pick up their lives to the best that they're able and go on forward and focus on the future." WATCH: Chrisley's pardon from Trump will wipe away the case 'entirely,' as if it never happened: lawyer "I think that the pardon process is something that hadn't been used by many presidents for many, many terms. This President clearly looks at it differently, looks at, is part of his role to oversee the criminal justice system. And look, however much you may want to criticize that, it's an incredibly powerful tool the President has, and I think it's really important the President began to use it. This was a very deserving case and I hope that he finds more." Fox News Digital's Brie Stimson contributed to this post.
Associated Press
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
Trump pardons Julie and Todd Chrisley, reality TV stars convicted in 2022 of fraud and tax evasion
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed pardons for reality TV stars Julie and Todd Chrisley, who have been serving federal prison sentences since being convicted three years ago of bank fraud and tax evasion. Trump's pardons pave the way for the couple best known for the TV series 'Chrisley Knows Best' to be freed from prison. Todd Chrisley, 57, has been incarcerated at a minimum security prison camp in Pensacola, Florida. Julie Chrisley, 52, was imprisoned at a facility in Lexington, Kentucky. The Chrisleys' TV show portrayed them as a tight-knit family with an extravagant lifestyle. Prosecutors at the couple's 2022 trial said the couple spent lavishly on high-priced cars, designer clothes, real estate and travel after taking out fraudulent bank loans worth millions of dollars and hiding their earnings from tax authorities. Trump announced his intention to pardon the Chrisleys on Tuesday, saying the celebrity couple had been 'given a pretty harsh treatment based on what I'm hearing.' It was another example of the president, himself a former reality TV star, pardoning high-profile friends, supporters, donors and former staffers. The Chrisleys' attorney, Alex Little, said Tuesday that Trump's pardon 'corrects a deep injustice' in which the celebrity couple were 'targeted because of their conservative values and high profile.' Before she was pardoned, Julie Chrisley had been scheduled for release in January 2028, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons website. Todd Chrisley was to remain imprisoned until September 2032. During the couple's trial, prosecutors said the Chrisleys hadn't yet become TV stars when they and a former business partner submitted false documents to banks in the Atlanta area to obtain fraudulent loans. New loans were taken out to pay off the old ones, according to prosecutors, until Todd Chrisley filed for bankruptcy, walking away from more than $20 million in unpaid loans. The Chrisleys' defense attorneys had argued that an IRS officer gave false testimony at their trial and that prosecutors lacked evidence to support convictions. A panel of judges of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Chrisleys' convictions last year.
