Independent News‘News’ Archives
IN celebrates Mardi Gras. See preview
The Independent News celebrates Mardi Gras and offers some Valentine's Day dating tips. Plus there is the usual coverage of news, politics, entertainment and culture. The entire issue goes online today at 4 p.m. and hits the stands tomorrow. If you want to receive a pdf of the entire issue, [...]
Mayor’s ad agency to be investigated further
Now that the state auditor has finished it's audit of the Okaloosa Tourist Development Council, the county commissioners are ready to begin their investigation. Okaloosa County Administrator Jim Curry also told the Daily News that State Attorney Bill Eddins has given them permission to [...]
More on bank robbery
Escambia County deputies responded to a bank robbery at about 2:30 pm today at the Beach Community Bank, 9329 N. Palafox St. As deputies were responding they were alerted of a possible suspect vehicle, which they spotted trying to exit the shopping complex near the bank. Deputies detained the [...]
Looking for a Library Board
Both Escambia County and the city of Pensacola are looking for people to serve on the newly formed Public Library Board of Governance for the West Florida Public Library System. The volunteer board will be responsible for establishing policy, overseeing finances and approving the system’s [...]
Gaetz Announces Transportation Funding, No Toll
Senate President Don Gaetz (R-Niceville) will be in Pensacola today to announce nearly $1 billion in transportation funding for Northwest Florida. Locally, the funding will support the nearly $600 million construction of a new bridge connecting Pensacola and Gulf Breeze. This state funding means [...]
Street Buzz: Is Pensacola Gang War about to go to another level of violence?
On Martin Luther King Day, a white man pulls into the county park behind the Marie Young Community Center in the Wedgewood and Pinestead neighborhoods in north Pensacola---west of Car City. He has a trunk full of assault rifles. Within minutes people lined up to pay $300-$500 per gun. He was out [...]
Bare asserts Friday meeting was unlawful, asks for more citizen input. Plus there is an ironic twist
Pensacola Councilman Charles Bare issued the following press release to the media this afternoon: CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO PUT CITY RESIDENTS FIRST Adjourning Today’s Meeting Provides More Time for Citizen Input and Participation PENSACOLA, January 25, 2013 — This morning, seven members [...]
City RESTORE Conversation Continues in A.M.
The short, for now: Pensacola City Council has decided to wait on approving Mayor Ashton Hayward’s appointment of David Penzone to Escambia County’s RESTORE advisory committee. The council raised concerns that they were not given more opportunity to discuss the mayor’s [...]
Battle brewing over Penzone appointment. Bare asks Mayor Hayward to reconsider
Mayor Ashton Hayward announced early this week that he was appointing David Penzone as the the city of Pensacola's representative to the RESTORE Advisory Committee. The well-timed announcement came days after a huge spread in the daily newspaper praising Penzone for his efforts on closing the [...]
New Independent News goes live online at 4 p.m.
The latest issue of the Independent News hits the stands tomorrow morning, but you can also read online this afternoon at 4 p.m. on inweekly.net. We cover Escambia County's "School to Prison Pipeline" that is getting juveniles in the criminal justice system at a much higher rate than the rest of [...]
Hayward says bollards have been ordered
Mayor Ashton Hayward told the Greater Pensacola Chamber board minutes ago that the city has ordered the bollards to close South Palafox for Gallery Nights. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
State Issues Debris-Fire Health Advisory
The Florida Department of Health has issued a health advisory pertaining to the fire at an Escambia County landfill. Here is the DOH press release: HEALTH ADVISORY – ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA RESIDENTS MAY BE AT INCREASED RISK FOR HEALTH PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH SMOKE FROM AREA DEBRIS [...]