Autism Pensacola, Inc. (API) President and CEO Susan Byram has announced her plans to retire in 2018 after leading the organization for the past 16 years. The Board of Directors has appointed…
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Essay contest for National Flight Academy scholarships ends March 14
The Studer Foundation is sponsoring an essay contest for 80 middle school students in Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties. The essay contest winners will get the experience of a lifetime during a…
League has two upcoming meetings
The League of Women Voters Pensacola Bay Area has two meeting scheduled: C. A. Weis Community School Speaker: Holly Magee, Principal of Weis Community School,. When: Saturday, March 17, 10:15 a.m. coffee,…
Historical commission rules wreck not famous slave ship Clotilda
Yesterday, the Alabama Historical Commission (AHC), in coordination with the National Park Service (NPS), the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, (NMAAHC), and SEARCH, Inc., announced it had completed…
Audio sample of ‘City of Grudges’
With the help of Dennis Gould of Soundworks, we created this audio sample of ‘City of Grudges.’ The book debuts a week from today on March 13. You can buy it now…
Police report gives details on alleged battery by Pensacon vendor
Last Friday, several local television stations reported on alleged sexual assault that occurred during Pensacon. A worker with a speed dating service that was a vendor at the event claimed her boss…
Giving back to Pensacola
My two February book-signings generated a profit of $348. I put in the mail this morning checks for $174 each to Open Books and Sunday’s Child. Our paper has long fought for…
Dog House Deli helps Manna #schoolfuel
Dog House Deli will be joining the fight against hunger in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties by launching #schoolfuel next week, March 5-9. When approached about participating in a hunger project, the…
Lawmakers cut Florida Cultural Grants
The Pensacola Little Theatre has asked its supporters to write state lawmakers to restore the Florida Cultural Grants to the FY 2019 budget: Friends of PLT, Pensacola Little Theatre and the Pensacola…
Rotary Club of Pensacola seeks grant applications
The Rotary Club of Pensacola is now taking grant applications for community projects by charitable 501(c)3 organizations. The Club supports targeted projects that address areas such as peace and conflict prevention/resolution, disease…
Studer Foundation launches contest to win National Flight Academy scholarship
The Studer Foundation will be providing scholarships for 80 Escambia and Santa Rosa students to go to the National Flight Academy this summer, but each student must enter an essay first and…
Pensacola actor is an extra in ‘Black Panther’ movie
By Brooke Weber INWEEKLY A local Pensacola man, Shawn Enfinger, got to check something off his bucket list after he was an extra in the “Black Panther” movie that is breaking box…