Author: Rick Outzen
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…
Avoid Palafox and Nine Mile Road
From ECSO: Deputies are investigating a bank robbery at Beach Community Bank on Palafox Street near Nine Mile Road in Pensacola and are asking that…
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…
More Spay, Less Pay
Escambia County is celebrating the 19th annual World Spay Day all month. During the month of February, qualifying county residents—at least the first 100 of…
Gov. Scott announces first state brand. Rejects Florida: The Upside of America
Press Release: Yesterday, Enterprise Florida (EFI) and Governor Rick Scott unveiled Florida’s first-ever business brand in front of EFI’s board of directors and key stakeholders….
Delegation votes to support abolishing city civil service
At a meeting last evening, the Escambia County Legislative Delegation voted to support two local bills during the 2013 legislative session. The first bill, proposed…
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…
Taking Shame issue statewide with Florida Voices column. More lipstick to remove
My Florida Voices column today talks about how conservatives are looking at the wrong figures when they complain about Medicaid expansion. I figure that I…
ECAT had 11 percent increase in ridership in 2012
Press Release: Representatives from the Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization (FL-AL TPO) are pleased to announce substantial gains in ridership for both fixed route and demand…
Mayor asks ECUA for right of first refusal on Main Street plant site
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward has informed the Pensacola City Council that he has sent a letter to Steve Sorrell, the executive director of the Emerald…
More on home invasion and shooting
According to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office: “Deputies responded to a home invasion call at 50 Block of Fulton Ave at 8:36pm last night 1/29/13….
Update on Townsend murder
Sheriff’s investigators have received preliminary results from the autopsy performed on Melisa Townsend, who was found last week in a field behind a business on…
Shame issue hits stands tomorrow. Get a peek at 4 p.m.
The time has come to take the lipstick off the pig and make our local governments face the numbers that they would rather not talk…
Street Buzz: Another home invasion and shooting
I was awakened this morning by a phone call from a source. According to him, Victor Rome was shot twice last night after armed men…
Deleting text messages may be a crime for public officials
Watch a county commission or city council meeting and you will see some of the board members scanning their cell phones every few minutes. Then…
Photos: 2013 Rising Stars Party
Last night, Seville Quarter hosted our Sixth Annual Rising Stars Party. We asked all the guests to take photos with our cell phones. Is the…
County: Landfill Fire ‘Extinguished’
Here’s the latest statement from Escambia County regarding the fire at the Cove Landfill: The Florida Department of Health Escambia County Health Department has lifted…
Districts across the state look at school safety
The Fort Walton Beach Daily News reports today on a survey regarding school resource officers in the 67 Florida counties that was recently released by…
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…
Life in drug culture on the west side of Pensacola
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office has identified the body found last Friday in a field behind Alternative Powersports, near Kenmore Boulevard. Investigators said it appeared…
