Category: News
A year after promises to make schools safer, Thomas starts assessments
In the days after the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Conn., Escambia County Superintendent Malcolm Thomas told the daily newspaper, “We’re going…
Cleanup crews picked up 4.6 million lbs. of BP oil and tar balls this year
Gulf Coast Cleanup In Numbers 4.6 million pounds — oily material collected from Gulf Coast shoreline in 2013 106,465 tons — total oily material collected…
Political analyst believes GOP will win control of U.S. Senate in 2014
David Wasserman, editor in charge of House elections for the Cook Political Report, predicted at today’s Panhandle Tiger Bay luncheon that Republicans are likely to…
State unemployment continues to drop
Gov. Rick Scott reported Florida’s unemployment rate fell to 6.4 percent in November, down from 6.7 percent in October. The mark is the lowest for…
December timeline for ST Aerospace MOU
I thought it might be helpful to have a timeline of this month’s events regarding the MOU with ST Aerospace. The sequence of press releases…
Escambia County will discuss ST Aerospace in January, City says it has a Plan B
The County has said they will discuss ST Aerospace in January. Meanwhile Tamara Fountain, the mayor’s spokesperson, told Pensacola Digest: “Of course we are still…
ST Aerospace releases MOU
ST Aerospace, the Malaysian-based company that signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Pensacola to bring 300 jobs to the airport commerce park,…
Stephanie George gets sentence commuted by Obama
Pensacola native Stephanie George was sentenced in 1997 to a mandatory life sentence when police found drugs in a lockbox in her attic. The drugs…
City declares MOU is exempt from Florida open records law
12/19/2013 Publisher Richard Outzen RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST of 12/18/2013 for: The Independent News requests a copy the memorandum of understanding between ST Aerospace, Mobile,…
DOJ sends County settlement agreement on jail
The Department of Justice has sent Escambia County its settlement agreement regarding the Escambia County Jail. Brief History: DOJ finished its five-year of investigation of…
Flying Spaghetti Monster at the state capitol
FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER JOINS FESTIVUS POLE, ATHEISTS AND NATIVITY IN CAPITOL The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, which is more often associated with opposition…
We Believe in Children 5K registration open
The Escambia County Public Schools Foundation’s 27th Annual We Believe in Children 5K Run/Walk & Health Fair benefitting Escambia County Public Schools Foundation is scheduled…
