Month: June 2011
Escambia District returns to B status
The Florida Department of Education has issued its school grades and the Escambia District has returned B status. Last year the district had fallen to…
Orlando Food Not Bombs Rally
Press Release: Food Not Bombs Solidarity Rally–Locals Rally with Father Nathan against Orlando’s Food Sharing Ban June 29, 2011 – Pensacola, FL – Father Nathan…
Buzz:Merrill wants Feinberg to make us whole
Collier Merrill, fresh from a special event at the James Beard House in NYC, told the IN yesterday that he’s tired of hearing excuses from…
Scott met with Koch brothers
It was a gathering of GOP conservative wizards. Miami Herald reports Gov. Rick Scott flew to Colorado over the weekend to attend a secretive policy…
Bayou Chico:most contaminated bayou in Florida
Escambia County wins another title. Bayou Chico ranks as one of the most contaminated bayous in the state of Florida, according to National Resource Defense…
Fr. Monk to lead Orlando protest
Orlando Sentinel reports Fr. Nathan Monk is going to Orlando to lead a demonstration in support of a group, Orlando Food Not Bombs. that has…
Scott asks supporters to praise him
Gov. Voldemort has more than a few tricks up his robe. On his campaign website, Rick Scott asks his faithful followers to send emails to…
Pink slips sent to 1600 state workers, not Scott
Florida Tribune reports at least 1,600 state workers have been told they are losing their jobs at the end of this week. But the Department…
Smoke from Alabama park fills west side
Mobile Press Register reports Gov. Robert Bentley plans to visit Gulf State Park today, as firefighters work to control a roughly 700-acre conflagration that has…
Best of the Coast ballot coming July 21
The daily newspaper has published its Best of the Bay. Readers and business owners have asked when will be releasing the ballots. We’ve set July…
More students can get out of failing schools
Gov. Rick Scott signed yesterday a bill into law that expands the Opportunity Scholarship program, which allows students to transfer to better-performing public schools. Under…
Mugshots: Child Sex Sting
NorthEscambia.com has the photos of the men arrested in Operation Blue Shepherd. See photos.
Operation Blue Shepherd nabs pedophiles
Press Release: Twenty-five men have been arrested on felony charges after an intensive week-long undercover operation involving multiple law enforcement agencies determined they were using…
Buzz: Police unveil undercover operation
We got this press release: A press conference is scheduled for 10 a.m. today (Monday, June 27) at the Pensacola Police Department, 711 N. Hayne…
Fake pot is baaaaack
The synthetic marijuana that we reported about and the federal authorities banned months ago is back, being sold legally in a different form in shops…
Unearthing Molino
A major archaeological dig is underway this summer in Molino. UWF students have found evidence of a 1700’s mission and even a 6,000 year old…
Expert predicts more Natural Gas vehicles
The City of Pensacola and its Energy Services of Pensacola may be sitting on a gold mine. BP recently released their highly respected annual Statistical…
Offshore drilling is back on the table, Gaetz opposes
Drilling platforms off the beach may be in Pensacola’s future, if Senate President Mike Haridopolos and Gov. Rick Scott have their way. State Sen. Don…
Crist’s wife sells condo for $3.5 million
What? Former Gov. Charlie Crist is still married? Sun-Sentinel reports Carole Rome Crist has sold her sold her four-bedroom, four-bath Fisher Island condo for $3.5…
Daily Beast picks Best Reads of the Week
From the revelations of a Pulitzer Prize-winning illegal immigrant to the hunt for the next Bin Laden, The Daily Beast picks the best journalism from…
