Author: Rick Outzen
BP to spend half billion to reinvent itself
BP North America told its marketers and franchisees that it is putting $500 million into marketing in the US over the next two years, in…
Mobile: Police Officer fatally stabbed
al.com is reporting tonight that a Mobile Police Officer was fatally stabbed at the Mobile Metro Jail. The suspect, Lawrence Wallace Jr. is also dead…
Arrest report for City Public Works employee
Three-page arrest report – click to enlarge:
Ride a Clydesdale at Gulf Coast Kid’s House
 (PENSACOLA, February 3, 2012) – Express Employment Professionals and Pensacola Cordova Rotary are teaming up to raise funds for Gulf Coast Kid’s House by…
Buzz: Drug bust at City Public Works -confirmed
There was huge drug bust yesterday involving two city Public Works employees, who were apparently selling drugs from their city vehicles. Eight people have been…
2011 County Crime Stats
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office recently released the 2011 crime statistics for the area. The stats reveal an overall reduction in violent crimes from the…
Buzz: Studers have contract to buy other Penko building
We are hearing that the Studers have entered into a contract to buy the other Penko building on the northeast corner of Palafox and Main…
Thomas to spend $16.5 million on new E.Ward Middle
Superintendent Malcolm Thomas is a numbers guy. When dealing with the African-American community, his mantra is always about numbers. He closed Spencer Bibbs rather than…
Branding: So easy a 5 year old can do it….
Graphic Designer Adam Ladd give’s his 5 year old daughter’s take on famous corporate logos. Interesting to see how many of these logos the child…
Council to Discuss Environmental Advisory Board
During the last Pensacola City Council meeting, Jan. 26, a citizen expressed concern about the city’s environmental advisory board not having met since March 2011….
Drill, Maybe, Drill?
With less than two years having passed since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, nearly 80 percent of Floridians support…
Another geeky thing to do at lunch…
Celebrate the 40thanniversary of Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange.â€Â The Atlantic’s Adam Chandler suggests, though it has always been cool and copied and done to…
If anyone out there needs another reason to pull for the Giants….
Gisele Bunchen sent out an email to all her “sweet†friends asking for prayers and happy thoughts for Tom Brady: “join me on this positive…
Bayou Bridge Fishing Banned
Fishing is no longer allowed on the Cervantes Street bridge spanning Bayou Texar. “The fishermen have lost their privilege to fish there,†said Pensacola City…
Hayward Assembles Downtown Team
Pensacola’s mayor has assembled an Urban Redevelopment Advisory Committee in an effort to focus of the development of the city’s downtown. Beginning this month, the…
C-SPAN in Pensacola
You’ve watched it in the middle of the night on television, now come aboard the bus. The C-SPAN Campaign 2012 Bus will be making a…
Romney 46.4%
“A competitive primary does not divide us” Read Washington Post “Romney Wins Big in Florida Primary”
The 15th Annual Double Bridge is Approaching Maximum Participants
 Final Registration is on Thur. (4p-8p) and Friday (noon-8p) at the Hilton on Pensacola Beach  The 15th annual Pensacola Double Bridge Run, presented by Publix,…
Florida GOP Timeline
 As Florida heads to the polls Santorum has gone, Romney has a double digit lead, and it ended up downright nasty between the two GOP…
Elementary Schools Academic rankings
Top 25% Helen Caro #221 Molino Park 236 Suter 294 Pine Meadow 342 Cordova Park 383 Scenic Heights 392 Bratt 402 Top 50% Byrneville 564…


