Category: Buzz

Yahoo Sports! is reporting that Trent Richardson, the Cleveland Browns’ No.1 draft pick, is being to sent to the Andrews Institute in Gulf Breeze to…

The City of Mobile and its chamber are worried that Pensacola might lure away one its largest employers, according to the Mobile Register. The Mobile…

The civil rights and racial discrimination issues with the Escambia County School District are spiraling out of Superintendent Malcolm Thomas’ control. Attorney Mike Papantonio has…

It hasn’t been announced yet but we are hearing that Rishy and Quint Studer have set up a benefit for Manna Food Pantries, which was…

A federal judge has issued an injunction barring enforcement of part of the state’s new election law, saying that a 48-hour deadline for groups to…

The buzz is Ronald Townsend will not run for re-election as the District 7 City Council member. Jimmie Perkins and Robbie Carl Andrews have filed…

We are getting reports that residents downtown heard gunshots around 4 a.m. None of them appeared to have been fired at my office.

The award-winning New Orleans daily newspaper, Times Picayune, is announcing massive lay-offs today. We are hearing that it will only print three days a week…

The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, in conjunction with a other law enforcement agencies, is rounding up copper thieves this morning. After a month-long investigation, deputies…

The cuts to Medicaid that the Florida Legislature is considering will be pushed down to the counties. Escambia County will have to come up with…

We are hearing that The Crab Trap on Main Street is closing on March 15 and re-opening as a little more upscale place named Nick’s…

The Wall St. Journal is reporting that BP and the lawyers for those hurt by the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill are discussing…

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Army Gen. Martin Dempsey is scheduled to meet this morning with sailors at Pensacola Naval Air Station.

Mobile and EADS didn’t get the Air Force Air Tanker contract, but, according to The Seattle Times, the Alabama port city could be getting an…

We’re hearing that the owners of Tom Ann Buddy’s, the site of frequent public disturbances and violence over the years, paid their nearly $40K lien….

I’m hearing that the U.S. Senate and House are  balking at the Restore Act – which would guarantee that the majority of the BP fine…

Pensacola City Council on Monday, will take up the issue of filing a lawsuit against the owners of Tom, Ann, Buddy’s. Frequently attracting the attention…

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…

I’m hearing that the District administration is asking teachers send in copies of front page of their federal income tax returns to comply with an…

At the Mitt Romney rally on Saturday, I got a chance to talk with some of Gov. Mitt Romney’s campaign people. They believe Northwest Florida…