Open Challenge to CMP naysayers

Find any agreement between a team owner – any professional sport at any level – in the United States where: 1. The owner gives all…

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Cruiserweight’s Farewell Tour plays The Ready Room

Press Release Austin, TX’s Cruiserweight have called Pensacola a second home for nearly a decade now. The band has brought their female fronted pop-rock sound…

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Other education changes on the horizon

The Miami Herald is reporting other changes could await Gov. Crist’s signature: More advanced classes for high school graduation: “Students will have to take geometry,…

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IN staffer sees Real World in the Big Easy

An IN staffer ran into cast members of MTV’s “Real World: New Orleans” while visiting last weekend the Big Easy’s Mimi’s in the Marginigy on…

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Pensacola Promise

The special committee working on Pensacola Promise begins its deliberations this week on how the scholarship plan will work. Next meeting is Wednesday, April 7…

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Gang Forum Tonight

“Protecting Our Children From Gangs” public forum. WHEN: 6 p.m. today. WHERE: Greenhut Auditorium at Sacred Heart Hospital. DETAILS: Space limited. Make reservations at 416-1600….

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Pensacola Promise keeps rolling

Councilwoman Maren DeWeese and her committee continue to work on Pensacola Promise Plan. They expect to complete their work by the end of the month…

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Are you fatter than a fifth grader?

Press Release: Health department releases student obesity statistics PENSACOLA – The Escambia County Health Department today released student Body Mass Index data showing a 1%…

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Too much FCAT prep?

I’m hearing that schools are mandating that teachers do nothing in their reading, math and science classes but prep their students for the FCAT, which…

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Is PNJ more about marketing solutions than news?

The Gannett Blog is the one who is asking this question. In its 2009 annual report, Gannett, the owner of Pensacola’s daily newspaper, described itself…

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Downtown Entertainment grows

Since May 2004, the Independent News has pushed the concept of a downtown entertainment district. Today we have Seville Quarter, Hopjacks, The Fish House Deck,…

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Jude Law to visit P’cola baby

Celebrity alert: News of the World reports that Jude Law, co-star of “Sherlock Holmes,” has finally agreed to meet his daughter, Sophia,at the Pensacola home…

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Twitter’s Most Influential Topics of 2009

Klout analyzes content from millions of Twitter users to identify the topics that captured the attention of the most influential voices and their communities on…

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Irony in photos

From Sharenator.org. Enjoy!  Here is the link to Internet irony at its best.

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Rev. May: Our work has just begun

Yesterday, Friendship Missionary Baptist Church reached an agreement to purchase the Brownsville Middle School. The church had an anonymous donor contribute $200,000 to met the…

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