Category: News
Enterprise Florida announces $1.5 million in Defense Infrastructure Grants
Press Release: The state of Florida has awarded $1,581,245 in Defense Infrastructure Grants for fiscal year 2012-13 (July 1 – June 30) to local community…
FavorHouse to open Kids Center on Dec. 13
By Shelby Smithey…. FavorHouse of Northwest Florida, Inc. is now providing services to children who have experienced domestic violence in their families with its very…
Only half of black students graduate from Escambia County public schools
The Florida Department of Education released on Friday the graduates rates for Florida public schools, according to federal standards. Escambia County has the lowest graduations…
Airport Director Off to Virgina
The director of the Pensacola International Airport will be leaving soon for a job in Virginia. The city of Pensacola—which owns the airport—released a statement…
What happened at WalMart on Blue Angel….we want your accounts of the arrest
On Thanksgiving night, a local woman, Annette Bennett, was arrested at Wal-Mart and charged with disorderly conduct, resisting an officer without violence and trespassing after…
Grover given Environmental Leadership award
Press Release: Florida Local Environmental Resources Agencies Awards Commissioner Grover C. Robinson, IV with the Outstanding Environmental Leadership Award.. The Florida Local Environmental Resources Agencies…
Outgoing Council Members Recognized
Prior to swearing in new Pensacola City Council members yesterday, outgoing members were honored. Each was given a framed resolution in recognition of their service…
Councilwoman Myers and her Fresh Start memo
Before the Pensacola City Council voted yesterday on its new president and vice-president, Councilwoman Sherri Myers handed out a memo entitled “Time for a Fresh…
Wu, Canada-Wynn to Lead Council into Future
After swearing in four new members, the new incarnation of the Pensacola City Council elected its most senior member to lead it for the next…
Reader Viewpoint: Valentino Maximus
By Arnold L. Seligman, Cantonment… Your recent interview with Mr. Valentino was enlightening (“Buddha and the Godfather“). I didn’t realize that Escambia County had anointed…
District 4 Town Hall notes, plus a poem
Mayor Ashton Hayward was in East Hill last night to answer questions about RESTORE Act money and address other concerns from District 4 residents as…
Clay Ingram leads key Florida House chairmanship
Speaker of the House Will Weatherford has tapped Pensacola’s State House Rep. Clay Ingram to chair the Government Operations Appropriations Subcommittee, one of the choice…
