Category: Caring
Achieve Escambia hires executive director
Greg Voss has been named director of Achieve Escambia; Pensacola’s new cradle to career collective impact effort. Voss has more than 25 years of experience…
Viewpoint: Pensacola VA homeless stand-down a ‘bust’
by Dr. Jim Gschwind USMC, USabn, USNsw ret The Despondent Correspondent– Homeless are near and dear to my heart. I have a former Marine son…
Pensacola Speaks: Huey pilot ‘Skeets’ Fairfield
As the co-pilot of a UH-1E (Huey) helicopter in August 1967, Marine Corps Capt. Rupert “Skeets†Fairfield participated in the rescue of several Army soldiers…
Blue Wahoo named Gold Glove winner
Minor League Baseball and Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc., announced Zach Vincej as recipient of the 2016 Rawlings Gold Glove Award for defensive excellence at…
StudioAmped begins recording Sept. 30
WSRE invites music fans to be part of the live studio audience for the ninth season of the televised concert series, “StudioAmped.†Nine shows will…
FavorHouse fundraiser ‘In memory of Angela Faye Buchanan,’ Oct. 21
Seville Quarter’s October Gallery Night will be supporting FavorHouse of Northwest Florida. The non-profit will be painting Downtown Pensacola Purple in support of Domestic Violence…
Lyric Libations, Oct. 7
Jazz vocalist Sharon Johnson and the Uptown Trio will entertain during Lyric Libations, The Choral Society of Pensacola’s annual fall fundraiser, set for 7 pm,…
Pensacola’s Marzoni House added to National Register of Historic Places
Secretary of State Ken Detzner announced today that six additional Florida properties have recently been listed on the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic…
Halloween Horror Hospital
The old Sacred Heart hospital at 12th and Gonzalez in East Hill enjoys a reputation for being haunted. Visitors claim to have been tapped on…
Florida veterans share their VA stories
Hundreds of veterans are sharing their experiences with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on MyVAStory.org, a new Concerned Veterans for America (CVA) platform which…
Saturday sports: Does Danny Etling have what it takes to save LSU’s season
Our summer intern Blanton Stagno has returned to college, but has offered to write about college football. Before pre-season ranks were available to the public…
Wahoos, Reds extend relationship
The Pensacola Blue Wahoos today announced a two-year extension of the team’s Player Development Contract with the Cincinnati Reds. This agreement will keep the Blue…
Coach Bowden: Kaepernick – a ‘coach’s nightmare’
Inweekly sat down with Coach Bobby Bowden, the retired head football coach of the Florida State Seminoles, who won two national championships during his tenure….
IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area announces 2016 finalists
IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area, a local, philanthropy group, is pleased to announce the fifteen (15) grant finalists selected for 2016. Ten (10) of these…
2016 Mayor’s Cup Golf Classic
Mayor Ashton Hayward and the City of Pensacola have announced the 2016 Pensacola Mayor’s Cup Golf Classic will be Oct. 7 at Osceola Municipal Golf…
Paws on Palafox, Oct. 29
Press release: What better way to spend an autumn morning than on a walk with a thousand other dog lovers and their furry friends? Bring…
Puppies on patrol at Pensacola airport
Pensacola International Airport has announced the kick-off of its new customer service program, the Pensacola Pup Patrol, featuring “man’s best friend†and their trained handler…
Maritime Heritage Trail now open
The City of Pensacola in partnership with the University of West Florida Historic Trust are installing the panels needed to open the Pensacola Maritime Heritage…
Coach Stephenson tapes live audience sports show for BlabTV
Former NFL player and coach, Kay Stephenson, brings his extensive knowledge of America’s favorite sport to BlabTV in an engaging new show, Talk Football with…
Wahoos win both halves of season
Pensacola Blue Wahoos second baseman Alex Blandino came through with arguably the biggest hit of the season when his double knocked in two runs and…
