Top Reads & Plays: Jan. 26 edition

Since the first of the year, the blog has taken off with each week gaining more readers. Gov. Ron DeSantis’ takeover of the University of…

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Legendary Bob Snow, creator of Seville Quarter, passes away

The founder of Rosie O’Grady’s and Seville Quarter, Bob Snow, died Friday at the age of 82 after a fall at his Pensacola home. Snow…

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Daily Outtakes: Battling Fake Nude Images

A high school incident involving AI-generated fake nude photos has highlighted legal gaps regarding AI image manipulation. After discovering altered photos of herself and 13…

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Gulf Breeze Will Do launches membership drive

Gulf Breeze Will Do invites women to join them for an evening of networking and community engagement on Thursday, Jan. 16. The membership drive and…

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Daily Outtakes: Happy Holidays

It’s a very Pensacola holiday! This week we caught up with some old friends of the show and spread some holiday cheer!

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Lego Wonder Woman

Pam Childers’ costly games #4: Refusing to pay Foo Foo grants

With the 2024 Foo Foo Fest six weeks away, I learned County Clerk Pam Childers refused to cut checks for the Foo Foo grants approved…

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Daily Outtakes: A Conversation with Lindsey Cannon

In this conversation on our podcast, Lindsey Cannon, the executive director of the Escambia Children’s Trust, discussed the Trust’s various Out-of-School programs, the challenges faced…

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UT wins SEC soccer

Pensacola locks SEC Championship through 2026

The SEC Women’s Soccer Tournament will remain in Pensacola through 2026, with a possible extension to 2029, following a successful partnership since 2022. This year’s…

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Trust puts four OST programs on hold

The largest expenditure of the Escambia Children’s Trust has been for Out-of-School (OST) programs. With the third and final year of the agreements up for…

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Food donations

Pack the Pirate Ship to help Manna Food Bank

The fifth annual Pack the Pirate Ship food drive – presented by Krewe of Lafitte and benefitting Manna Food Bank – will be held on…

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(we don't) color on the dog logo

Step-by-Step Guide to Subscribe to Our podcast

The first episode of our new podcast, (we don’t) color on the dog, has done well. However, we’ve had several readers ask how to subscribe…

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Closed Sign

Out of Office

I will be out of the office until noon tomorrow. Our daughter Cat is a finalist for Birmingham Business Journal’s CEO of the Year Awards….

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Daily Outtakes: Children’s Trust debates funding at Year 3 OST programs

The Escambia Children’s Trust Program Committee met on Tuesday to discuss its largest budget item, Out-of-School programs, and whether to fund all of them for…

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Improvable Cause

Inweekly: Meet Improvable Cause

This week, our featured story profiles Improvable Cause.  The cast includes Becca Timmons, Brooke Hardy, Cole Dickson, Laynie Gibson, Michael Daw, Rachel Earl, Topher Warren…

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NAIA teams give back to Pensacola

Athletes from the NAIA Women’s National Soccer Tournament are set to make a meaningful contribution to Communities Caring at Christmas while competing at Pensacola’s Ashton…

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Pipes the Kitten

Daily Outtakes: Heart-warming tales

Escambia County Animal Welfare rescued a kitten named “Pipes” from a drainage pipe near the Escambia Regional Juvenile Detention Center. DETAILS: Master Deputy Liddell heard…

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Five Flags Rotary helps build Land Trust house

Pensacola Habitat for Humanity recently broke ground on the first home in its Community Land Trust to be built by the affiliate, aided in part…

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Opioid Advisory allocates $2.2 million

Yesterday, the Opioid Abatement Funding Advisory Board approved $2,221,219 for five substance abuse treatment programs. The largest allocation was $755,000 for Ministry Village at Olive,…

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Ice Flyers, UWF football team lose; UWF Women Basketball remains undefeated, Volleyball sweeps

RECAP: HAVOC 5, ICE FLYERS 3 PENSACOLA, FLA. – The Pensacola Ice Flyers faced off against the Huntsville Havoc on Saturday night to finish their…

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Levin Papantonio gives $25K to Communities Caring at Christmas

Today, the Levin Papantonio (LP) law firm announced that it has donated $25,000 to Community Health Northwest Florida to support its annual Community Caring at Christmas…

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