Category: Education
Education Expert Dr. Angela Bush coming to CivicCon
CivicCon is excited to invite the public to a free presentation by Dr. Angela Bush on Thursday, April 11, from 6 – 7:30 p.m. at…
Daily Outtakes: 2024 Hurricane Season could be ‘explosive’
AccuWeather meteorologists are forecasting 20-25 named storms across the Atlantic basin in 2024, including 8-12 hurricanes, four to seven major hurricanes, and four to six…
Kindergarten regisitration starts April 1
The Escambia County School District has announced Kindergarten registration for the 2024-2025 school year will begin on April 1, 2024. All families are encouraged to…
JUMP event on March 30 salutes U.S. military in Japan
The Japan-America Society of Northwest Florida will host its ninth Japan-US Military Program on Saturday, March 30 in downtown Pensacola saluting the U.S. military in…
Lewis Bear Jr. College of Business
University of West Florida President Martha D. Saunders announced today a gift of $5 million from The Bear Family Foundation to name the UWF College…
EOC offers HERricane Florida
Escambia County Emergency Management invites girls entering 7th, 8th and 9th grades to participate in the inaugural HERricane Escambia program. This four-day-long camp will be…
Sun Belt send Marshall and James Madison to Big Dance
Men’s Basketball Championship Sophomore guard Xavier Brown scored all of his career-high 21 points in the first half and grabbed a personal-best 10 rebounds to…
DeSantis settles ‘Don’t Say Gay’ lawsuit
Gov. Ron DeSantis and his administration have reached an agreement over his law that banned instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through…
Sun Belt and NAIA Buzz
App State, ULM, Southern Miss, and Louisiana all earned victories on Wednesday at the Pensacola Bay Center to punch their tickets to the quarterfinal round…
Breaking: Pensacola lands NAIA Soccer National Championship
NAIA to crown Women’s Soccer Champions at new home KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced that it has…
UWF Women lose heartbreaker
The UWF women’s basketball team suffered a 74-70 defeat at Auburn Montgomery in the first round of the Gulf South Conference Championship at the AUM…
Daily Outtakes: Federal appeal panel boots “Stop Woke” restrictions
A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal ruled Gov. Ron DeSantis’ “Stop Woke Act” restrictions that prohibited employers from training employees…
Sun Belt basketball chaimpionships start 11:30 a.m. Tuesday
]The 2024 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Conference Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships will take place March 5-11 at the Pensacola Bay Center, with all 14…
Dailu Outtakes: Carol McIntosh Education Initiative
Yesterday, the Escambia County Public Schools announced that District 3 community and spiritual leaders have teamed up to unveil plans for the Carol McIntosh Education…
National history group opposes Florida bills
The American Historical Association has sent a letter to members of the Florida House of Representatives and Senate opposing HB 1291/SB 1372, asserting that if…
Daily Outtakes: More ready fo kindergarten
Yesterday, the Florida Department of Education released the Kindergarten Readiness scores for this past fall. Escambia County increased by 4.5%, with 49.5% of the incoming…
Real News 2/22/24
The House Appropriations Committee and the Senate Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations Committee have approved HB 21 and SB 24, which would create a compensation…
Getting Gen Z engaged and voting
A new Axios-Generation Lab poll found that 58% of voters between Gen Z and younger millennials aren’t sure if they’ll vote in November. Jayden D’Onofrio,…
Debunking DeSantis’ Debunking
Last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis tried to debunk what he called the “false narrative that the state of Florida bans books,” but he also asked…
Real News 2/19/24
Last Saturday, UWF honored the women’s basketball that won the 2014 Gulf South Conference championship. Coach Stephanie Yelton has the details. Listen to the podcast….
