By Tom St. Myer With a dwindling staff and a strategic plan yet to be finalized, the Escambia Children’s Trust board still awarded over $2 million in taxpayer money to mental health…
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UWF takes on McKendree
Will Kennedy previews the game that start at 1 p.m.
Daily Outtakes: Tango in Pensacola?
The Escambia County School Board is asking a judge to move from Jacksonville to Pensacola a federal lawsuit about access in school libraries to the children’s book “And Tango Makes Three.” “And…
Daily Outtakes: Children’s Trust suffers another loss
Kim Krupa submitted her resignation yesterday, effective Oct. 13. Krupa has served for the past year as Escambia Children’s Trust‘s Director of Programs and Performance. The board members were notified after lunch…
Daily Outtakes: Somebody get a marker
On Saturday, Leon County Judge J. Lee Marsh ruled that a congressional redistricting plan pushed through the Legislature by Gov. Ron DeSantis violated the Florida Constitution and needs to be redrawn. Florida…
Injunction hearing set in Escambia book fight
A federal judge has scheduled a Sept. 15 hearing in a request for a preliminary injunction in a fight about access in school libraries to the children’s book “And Tango Makes Three.”…
Daily Outtakes: Argo Football tonight
UWF begins its seventh season of football tonight at 6 p.m., welcoming Kentucky Wesleyan to Pen Air Field. The Argonauts are 56-21 all-time and have made four NCAA postseason appearances – all…
UWF reenacts the trial of James Meredith
University of West Florida Department of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Legal Studies and UWF Department of Theatre will present the James Meredith Trial Reenactment and Q&A at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept….
Daily Outtakes: Idalia now Cat 4, downgraded Cat 3 before landfall
Update – 6:45 am: EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE IDALIA MAKES LANDFALL IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND… …. The media reports it made landfall near Keaton Beach in Taylor County. Escambia County…
Daily Outtakes: Escambia tops state in book complaints, award-winning coffee
Escambia Schools Lead the State …in books being banned. The Tampa Bay Times reports that most of Florida’s counties have few challenges about their school libraries. Of the roughly 1,100 complaints recorded…
Gov. DeSantis directs $1 million for Edward Waters University for campus security
Over the weekend, Gov. Ron DeSantis condemned the horrific, racially-motivated murders in Jacksonville near Edward Waters University. He announced an initial, immediate award of $1 million through the Volunteer Florida Foundation to…
Daily Outtakes: Idalia coming, former PNJ reporter honored
Tropical Storm Idalia is expected to strengthen to a hurricane and hit Florida in the Big Bend area on Wednesday away from Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. To find resources to prepare…