Category: Caring
Brand On Us Unveils the New Pensacola Humane Society
Press Release: idgroup has successfully completed their First Annual Brand on Usâ„¢ project. Mona Amodeo, idgroup President, says her team is “passionate about giving back…
Kudos for Faces of HIV cover story
Independent News Attn: Sarah McCartan and Rick Outzen Dear Sarah and Rick: Thank you for your insightful article, “Meet the Faces of HIV.” As the…
Living on the Edge: Pensacola featured in story about digital economy for the homeless
Wired has a story on how our city’s homeless have figured out how to us bitcoins, the world’s most popular digital currency, to survive. Jesse…
IMPACT 100 Announces 2013 Finalists
IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area, a local women’s philanthropy group, is pleased to announce the 15 grant finalists selected for 2013. Eight of these 15…
Buzz: ACE requests to make presentation
There really are two tourism issues facing the Escambia Board of County Commissioners: the governance and control of $5.5 million in bed tax dollars and…
NY Giant talks about his rehab in Pensacola
Maybe the Escambia County Commission should contribute bed tax dollars to the Andrews Institute for all the publicity Dr. Andrews and his patients give the…
Iraqi War veteran, covered 9/5 IN news story, dies
Navid “G” Garshasb passed away last night. We wrote about him and his struggle to provide for his family this week– “One Last Battle: Dying…
Florida and Texas lead the nation in uninsured citizens, but balk at Obamacare coverage
A new Census Bureau report shows that Florida has a higher percentages of people without health insurance than most of the country. Only Texas has…
Escambia County Responds to Cowgirl’s Death
By Sarah McCartan This afternoon, Escambia County Director of Community Affairs Marilyn Wesley, responded to the accidental euthanasia of Danielle Riggens’ Labrador retriever mix Cow…
County animal shelter mistakenly kills family pet
Facebook and the web were lit up this weekend over the story of a family pet being killed at the Escambia County Animal Shelter due…
Bonfire Jam canceled
BonfireJam CEO Joe Lewis announced today that this year’s event will be canceled as it became evident that the investment is no longer financially viable….
Food stamp cut coming, food banks have to pick up influx
By Stephanie Carroll Carson, Florida News Connection About 2.6 million people in Florida will have less money to spend on groceries starting this November. SNAP…
St. Joseph Church cooks up ribs for Labor Day weekend
St. Joseph Catholic Church, 140 W Government Street, is having a BBQ rib sale for Labor Day weekend. $22 for a full slab. The pre-order…
City of Pensacola slow to spend BP grant for Veterans Memorial Park
Through a public records request we got the accounting for the BP grant for the renovation of the Veterans Memorial Park on Bayfront Parkway. As…
Drink Good Beer and Help Judy
World of Beer owners Matt Lafon and Scott Zepp are hosting a very special fundraiser for friend Judy English. In April 2013, Judy was diagnosed…
Pine Forest graduate gets recognition as North Carolina high school track coach
Ryan Albertson, Pine Forest High Class of 2001, is featured in the New Bern, N.C. Sun Journal for his work as cross country coach at…
Police continue search for Tiffany Daniels
The Pensacola Police Department continues working with area law enforcement agencies as the investigation continues into the disappearance of Tiffany Daniels. Daniels, 25, was last…
Departing Dr. Leo Day leaves groundbreaking cultural, creative legacy at Olive Baptist Church
By Paul F. South As Dr. Leo Day finished the last note of the last song he would sing as Worship Pastor at Pensacola’s Olive…
Australian version of 60 Minutes looks at the health catastrophe caused by BP using dispersants in 2010 (Video)
In the summer of 2010, BP used Corexit oil dispersants to make the catastrophe look less severe, but little was known at the time about…
On WCOA this morning
Jim Sanborn is out on vacation and I will be filling for him this morning, and the rest of the week, on WCOA AM &…
