Author: Rick Outzen
First Black Female Fighter Pilot follows her dream
By the time she was in fourth grade, young Shawna Rochelle Kimbrell knew she wanted to be a fighter pilot. What the now-Air Force major…
Play-by-play of PHS Girls game 9 a.m.
It’s online: Ustream.tv/channel/sports-edge Or Ustream and key words “PHS Tigers” Friday morning 10am ET/ 9am CT #2 Pensacola High v #1 Orlando Edgewater, with Baylor…
Gannett offers buyout to local staff
Gannett, the largest newspaper in the country and the owner of Bella, GoPensacola.com and Pensacola’s daily newspaper, is offering to buy-out the contracts of certain…
Cover story gets attention
My phone has been ringing and we’ve received dozens of emails on the Feb. 23 cover “Black & White.” Much of their focus has been…
DOE Commissioner complains School Grading System too easy
This really points out how backwards the Escambia County School District is. The Florida Commissioner of Education Gerard Robinson supports changing the state’s school grading…
REPORT: Positive Student Outcomes in Community Schools
The Center for American Progress issued a report today proposing that community schools that provide services and programs for both students and their families positively…
Rubio was once a Mormon, too
According to a MSNBC FirstRead report…. Marco Rubio (who is on the short list for GOP VP running mate) was at one point a Mormon. …
Video: Paul calls Santorm a fake
Ron Paul stood by a campaign ad that calls Rick Santorum a fake, in the most recent Republican presidential debate Wednesday. Source: CBS
Video: Adele Flips Off the Brit Awards
The big winner of the night gets angry and flashes her middle finger during the show. Find out what upset the singer. Source: E! Online
Special hearing on Gulf Power rate increase
Florida Public Service Commission to Consider Gulf Power Company’s Revenue Request TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) will hold a Special Commission Conference…
Buzz: Pensacola loses Caterpillar plant because of schools
Caterpillar Inc. announced last Friday that it had picked a site near Athens, Georgia, for a plant that will build small tractors and excavators, investing…
National Study shows alarming increase of children living poverty
The number of children living in poor neighborhoods has increased dramatically during the last decade in Florida and elsewhere, according to a new report, set…
Buzz: Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman in town today
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Army Gen. Martin Dempsey is scheduled to meet this morning with sailors at Pensacola Naval Air Station.
WEAR TV questions how District deals with closed schools
The Escambia County School District has closed 19 schools in the last 12 years. The majority were in African-American neighborhoods. WEAR TV reported on it…
County will host meetings on Beach Master Plan alternatives
Escambia County will host two public information meetings in early March for the Pensacola Beach Master Plan alternatives. The meetings will begin with a presentation…
Good Report Card for ECARE
ECARE is making progress in its quest to prepare children for kindergarten. One promise ECARE made was to provide tutors for children in pre-k classes…
A. K. Suter construction makes no sense
People are in an uproar over the $25 million proposed road construction on Pensacola Beach, but little is being said about the $21 million the…
Blackwater Oil Bill Killed
A state bill aiming to entice oil companies onto state land has apparently stalled out in a senate committee this morning. The senate’s Environmental Preservation…
Kathleen Dough-Castro named new Escambia County Public Information Officer
County Administrator Charles R. “Randy†Oliver is happy to announce that Kathleen Dough-Castro has been named the new Public Information Officer for Escambia County. She…
Save A.A. Dixon
Superintendent Malcolm Thomas has made it known that he plans to recommend in March that the school board issue A.A. Dixon Charter School of Excellence…
