Thelma Manley was fired by the state as the community liaison for Front Porch yesterday. The daily’s dogged pursuit on Manley is coming to an end. Over the past six weeks, Manley…
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Will Ferrell vs. Pearl The Landlord
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What’s playing at movie theaters?
IN has another new feature – we’ve been working hard: Friday, May 4 Film Releases Movie times and how the movies are rated by Rotten Tomatoes. Highest rated flicks include Hot Fuzz,…
New daily news features for Inweekly
Daily Dose: Highlights is in the daily newspapers across the region. Not just Pensacola, but also Mobile and Fort Walton Beach. Read: ThursDaily Dose . Daily Toob: IN reporter Mari Krueger gives…
Inc Magazine loves P’cola
The Pensacola area ranked 17 out of 20 on Inc. magazine’s list of “Top Midsize Cities” in its annual survey of the nation’s boomtowns. Here’s the list : Cape Coral-Fort Myers,Fla. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission,…
FCAT scores are in for third graders
Escambia County – Math scores are up 1%; Reading down 4% Santa Rosa County – highest reading scores in the state; tied for second highest for math. Our favorite inner-city school –…
IN Issue – 5/3/07
Check out this week’s issue Cover Story: Charter Schools In The Red Orlando Sentinel published a four-day series last month, examining the nearly 350 charter schools in Florida and its 98,000 students,…
What is a conservative nowadays?
Every now and then, we get some comment to this blog that calls himself/herself a “conservative.” What is a conservative? What the core political beliefs that person has to have to be…
Another daily cuts staff
Orlando Sentinel has announced that it will eliminate about two dozen jobs as it restructures the paper’s news gathering operation to place greater emphasis on the Internet. The staff reductions will take…
Here’s a twist
There is actually a Democrat in the state House who dares to question the 2007-08 budget because of all the “turkeys” hidden in the bill. It’s Ron Saunders (D-Key West). Of course,…
More gambling – Instant Bingo passes
This Florida Legislature loves gambling – in one form or another. It has sent Gov. Crist a bill that legalizes instant bingo. What’s instant bingo? The pull-tab tickets are sold similar to…
Former PNJ reporter gets Pres to hold his bags
The St. Pete Times’ political blog reports Michael Spooneybarger inadvertently had Pres. Bush pick up his bag during a recent trip to South Florida. Tampa Tribune photographer Michael Spooneybarger was a little…
Student paper ends remarkable news year
The Miami Herald had a story in its Sunday edition on the FAMU student newspaper that covered some major stories on its campus – On campus, the year has been extraordinary —…
Letterman List
On Monday night (4/30), David Letterman made a list of ten signs your newspaper is in trouble: 10. Covers all news that happens within one block of the office 9. Today’s exclusive…
City/county employees stats
Creative Loafing recently did a story about number of employees per 100,000 people in several Southern cities. It got me wondering how does Pensacola stack up – but since Pensacola only has…
Video Slots may be coming to Florida
But not at Pensacola Greyhound Track. Under a bill that passed a House committee Monday, these parimutuel facilities would be allowed to have Class II slot machines (Video slots): • Flagler Dog Track,…
State cuts out local government again
On Gov. Crist’s desk awaiting his signature is a new Cable franchise bill that gives telephone companies easier access to the cable TV market. Also cable companies will be able to opt-out…
2006 CAFR report is in
CAFR stands for “Comprehensive Audited Financial Report.” It’s available online at Escambia County Clerk of Courts site. Some interesting finds: Unreserved General Fund has jumped from $15.14 million in 2002 to $36.56…
New Ice Pilot gets rave reviews
From Fayetteville, NC The Fayetteville FireAntz of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) announced today that Head Coach John Marks has accepted a similar position with the Pensacola Ice Pilots of the…
Arrested for $25 of coke? Not $25,000…$25
Come on guys – when did we start arresting people for as little as $25 of coke? Front page coverage on the daily newspaper for a $25 drug bust? Drug dealers are…