Category: Caring

Pensacola Councilwoman Sherri Myers will be honored at the Center for Independent Living’s 2016 Annual Awards & Volunteer Recognition Luncheon. Myers will be presented with…

Over 100 teens from across the country will participate in a week-long Catholic HEART Workcamp (CHWC) July 18-22. The participants will be housed at Gulf…

A Compassionate Police Department Award is on its way from PETA to the Pensacola Police Department after officers rushed to save a puppy who was…

According to Studer Community Institute, 34 percent of Escambia County children fail kindergarten readiness tests. This deficiency often continues and correlates closely to the 27…

Pensacola Heritage Foundation’s ReDiscovery Lecture Series continues on Thursday, July 14, 2016, featuring John Appleyard speaking on the subject of “How railroads shaped Pensacola, 1870…

Santa Rosa County has been selected to receive a competitive Urban and Community Forestry Grant in the amount of $16,500 from the Florida Forest Service….

The Florida Small Business Development Center at the University of West Florida recently hosted a business plan competition to conclude its inaugural Veterans Florida Entrepreneurship…

Quint and Rishy Studer will award $50,000 on Thursday to the winners of the Be the Bulb challenge. The Studers announced in January a campaign…

By Blanton Stagno: Last week, retired NFL player Fred Robbins held his third annual “Game Plan” Three-day Football & Career Development Camp for area high…

The Panhandle Charitable Open (PCO) set a record last year by donating $170,000 to 21 local charities. The event was established in memory of organizer…

We will open today’s “Pensacola Speaks” with PNJ editorial cartoonist Andy Marlette. We will discuss last Friday’s Republican Congressional debate. Andy and I were panelists…

NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA HAS: FIVE QUESTIONS FOR KENNETH FEINBERG By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Lawyer Ken Feinberg has been involved with…

Gov. Rick Scott this past week ordered that 49 flags be placed in front of the Florida Capitol. The flags are meant to remember the…

Local philanthropists David and Cathy Hammond recently donated $100,000 to the Visual Arts Department at Pensacola State College. Their contribution kicks off a $1 million…

Today, 14-year-old Drew Barefield of Crestview will join pediatric patients from each state on an Ambassador Tour for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Drew was treated…

On “Pensacola Speaks,” USAF Major Damon Friedman discussed on Monday his efforts to combat the rise in suicides among our military veterans. “There is an…

The Florida Foundation for Architecture is asking Floridians to for the 2016 People’s Choice Award for their favorite building. Pensacola’s entry is the Voices of…

WSRE, PBS for the Gulf Coast, has received bronze Telly Awards for production of two “In Your Own Backyard” episodes: “Pensacon,” produced and directed by…

Jerry Maygarden, former Pensacola mayor and Florida House Majority Leader, has been elected chairman of the board for the Studer Community Institute. The board chairman…

This 4th of July come celebrate our country, military, and community with a FREE, public concert performed by the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra! Bring your chairs…