Category: Education
Escambia yanks ‘Perks of Being a Wallflower’
by Jeremy Morrison The Escambia County School Board has removed the first title from a list of more than a hundred others that have been…
Get Out The Voter Rally – Saturday
The Northwest Florida Panhandle Coalition for Civic Engagement, Movement for Change and New World Believers and will hold a final Get Out The Vote Rally…
IP awards $20K for UWF Community Garden
The International Paper Pensacola Mill has awarded the University of West Florida a $20,000 capital grant from the International Paper Foundation. The grant funding will…
SEC Soccer Tournament has huge opening day
The SEC Women’s Soccer Tournament had the second-largest attendance for an opening day in the conference’s history. The three-time SEC Goalkeeper of the Year showed…
Warrington Middle School’s fate comes down to negotiations
By Tom St. Myer Negotiations between Escambia County Public Schools and Charter Schools USA will determine the fate of Warrington Middle School. The for-profit charter…
Bama helps Ole Miss into SEC soccer championship tournament
Escambia County hosts the SEC Soccer Championship at the Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex from Oct. 30-Nov. 6. During the week-long event, the top 10 women’s…
Breaking: Pine Forest High primed to transition to community school
By Tom St. Myer Pine Forest High School is on the precipice of becoming the second Community Partnership School in Escambia County. Superintendent Tim Smith…
UWF welcomes National Merit Finalist and top scholarship recipients to campus
The University of West Florida welcomed its 11th National Merit Finalist in six years this fall. Amanda Serger was among approximately 15,000 students across the…
Third Annual PSC Suit-Up Event at J.C. Penney
You don’t have to be a Pensacola State College math major to know that 50 percent off any price equals big savings. The third annual…
Rashids donate $1 million to UWF
Drs. Muhammad and Fatema Rashid continue a legacy of giving to the University of West Florida through a $1 million gift to name the Department…
EntreCon returns Nov. 16-17
Studer Community Institute has lined up some of the nation’s top business minds to speak on Nov. 16-17 at EntreCon® 2022, a two-day conference for entrepreneurs, leaders…
Florida’s fourth graders outperform most of the country; eight graders still trail
Gov. Ron DeSantis tried to get ahead of New York Times story that math and reading scores plunged across the country due to COVID, according…
