State tries to put happy face on FCAT reading scores

The FCAT reading scores were released today for ninth and tenth graders. Only half of the Florida high school students who took the test performed…

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Paying for Commissioners’ attorneys

County Commissioners Marie Young, Grover Robinson and Kevin White voted Thursday for the taxpayers to front attorney’s fees for their defenses of teh civil lawsuits…

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Figuring Out the GCAACC

Pensacola City Councilman John Jerralds started off his organizational meeting for the Gulf Coast African-American Chamber of Commerce by asking the group’s current head  to…

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Occupy Pensacola: More than a trespass case

By Stephanie Sharp… This week David Burden was found not guilty of a trespassing misdemeanor. His attorney, Eric Stevenson, fought for his client’s not guilty…

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Tampa Bay Times agrees with Outtakes

My Outtakes “FCAT Reality Check” got picked in an expanded version by Florida Voices and Tampa Tribune’s Hernando Today. Imagine that you are asked to…

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Hawthrone submits resignation as GCAACC chair

May 17, 2012 Dear Supporters of the GCAACC, Over the last few weeks and months there has been much debate, speculation and consternation in the…

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Linda Lawrence on air again…one day only

Wendi Summers of News Radio 1620 will host veteran radio personality and local community activist, Linda Lawrence, on her morning talk show, “Pep Talk with…

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How to make a difference in the classrooms…donate

The IN has adopted DonorsChoose.org as way to help Escambia County teachers. Here is a thank you note from one of the teachers we helped:…

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Disco Queen Donna Summer Dies

1970’s hitmaker Donna Summer died Thursday in Floriada after a battle with cancer. The five-time Grammy winners is known for seventies megahits like ‘On the…

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Occupy Pensacola wins one, loses one

State Attorney Bill Eddins announces that on May 16, 2012, Melody Castro was convicted of Trespass by an Escambia County Jury. On December 16, 2011,…

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GCAACC Organizational Meeting

The drama surrounding the Gulf Coast African-American Chamber of Commerce will continue to unfold tonight during an organizational meeting at Pensacola City Hall. The meeting…

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200-year-old shipwreck found in Gulf

An expedition to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico has uncovered a ship believed to have sunken about the time of the War of…

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